The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶274
Since the fall of the caliphs, the discord and degeneracy of the Saracens respected the Asiatic provinces of Rome; which, by the victories of Nicephorus, Zimisces, and Basil, had been extended as far as Antioch and the eastern boundaries of Armenia.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #735 (Milman edition) — public domain
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