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copiously describes xxiii
Note 44 ( return ) [ Before he enters Persia, Ammianus copiously describes (xxiii.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Cassius Dio XXXVIII
—A note on Cassius Dio, XXXVIII, 50, 4. (Wiener Studien, 22nd year, book 2, p. 314.) 1901.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Caccia d xxix
Asciano, Caccia d’, xxix. 130 .
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Civitate Dei xxi
The phenomenon in the time of Ogyges was preserved by Varro, (Apud Augustin. de Civitate Dei, xxi. 8,) who quotes Castor, Dion of Naples, and Adastrus of Cyzicus—nobiles mathematici.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

corpo de x
Lo corpo de x o dando
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Civitate Dei xv
(Augustin de Civitate Dei, xv.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

chariots Diodorus xvii
396 Curtius (iv. 35 and 45) states that Darius had 200,000 infantry, 45,000 cavalry, and 200 scythed chariots; Diodorus (xvii.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Civitate Dei xix
Augustin. de Civitate Dei, xix 7 Lipsius de Pronunciatione Linguae Latinae, c. 3.]
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Count de xxix
Vibray, Count de , xxix .
— from The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. (Joseph Florimond) Loubat

Caribbean dollar XCD
Economic aid - recipient: $-110,000 (2004) Currency (code): East Caribbean dollar (XCD) Currency code: XCD Exchange rates: East Caribbean dollars per US dollar - 2.7 (2005), 2.7 (2004), 2.7 (2003), 2.7 (2002)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

conscilio de XL
Et cum diceretur fuisse subtractam aliquam pecunie quantitatem, non bono modo, de dictis sachis, post dictum sequestrum, et dictâ de causâ per dictos dominos Advocatores … fuerit hodie in conscilio de XL. placitata dicta Dna.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

Contes du XIIème
Tales of a similar character to this will be found in the following works written prior to Margaret’s time:— Legrand d’Aussy’s collection of Fabliaux ou Contes du XIIème
— from The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Edition by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

cathedral died XVIth
A Roman colony under Augustus, Ist century St. Siffrein, patron of the cathedral, died, XVIth century Edifice mainly of the XVIth century Paintings in nave, XVIIIth and XIXth centuries Tomb of Bishop Buti, 1710 Episcopal palace built, 1640 Arc de Triomphe, Ist or IId century Porte d'Orange, XIVth century ST. BENOIT DE CASTRES Cathedral dates mainly from XVIIth century ST. VERAN DE CAVAILLON Cathedral consecrated by St. Veran, in person, 1259 Tomb of Bishop Jean de Sade,
— from The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Civitate Dei xiv
(See St. Augustine, De Civitate Dei , xiv.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

commandment Deut xx
For, as Tremellius 1278 hath it noted, that commandment, Deut. xx., whereby the Israelites were commanded to save alive nothing in the cities of the Canaanites, was to be only understood of such cities among them as should make war with them, and be besieged by them.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie


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