The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶257
The national tranquillity was disturbed by his claims, till the first crusade against the infidels of the East opened a more splendid field of glory and conquest.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #735 (Milman edition) — public domain
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