| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 546 Seiten
...the fate of Persia in a decisive battle. Eastward of the Tigris, at the end of the bridge of Mosal, the great Nineveh had formerly been erected: the city,...but to the personal valour, of their favourite hero. ji,-A vkto- On this memorable day, Heraclius, on his horse renibeM, Phallas, surpassed the bravest... | |
| Alexander Keith - 1838 - 524 Seiten
...of the bridge of Mosul, the great Nineveh had formerly been erected: the city, and even the ruins, had long since disappeared ; the VACANT SPACE afforded a spacious field for the operation of the two armies." Gibbon's Hist. vol. viii. p. 250, 251. " Where are those ramparts locusts,... | |
| Harvey Newcomb - 1842 - 324 Seiten
..." She is empty, void, and waste ;" and Gibbon, the historian, says, " the city, and even the ruins, had long since disappeared ; the vacant space afforded a spacious field for the operation of the two armies." The next prediction of which I shall speak is that concerning Tyre ;... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 438 Seiten
...remarkable. Within this space wan fought the great battle between Hernclius and Rhazates (AD 627). " The city, and even the ruins of the city, had long...spacious field for the operations of the two armies." (Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. xlvi.) Existing ruins thus show, that Nineveh acquired its greatest... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1849 - 540 Seiten
...remarkable. Within this space was fought the great battle between Heraclius and Khazates (AD 627). " The city, and even the ruins of the city, had long...spacious field for the operations of the two armies." (Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. xlvi.) \ Syria, such as Karakush, Baasheikha, Baazani, Husseini, Tel-Yara,... | |
| 1850 - 418 Seiten
...The battle of Nineveh decided the fate of Chosroes. Its locality is thus described by Gibbon : — ' The Romans boldly advanced from the Araxes to the...the vacant space afforded a spacious field for the operation of the two armies.' The great city had become ' the field' of Nineveh. An utter ruin had... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1850 - 574 Seiten
...remarkable. Within this space was fought the great battle between Heraclius and Rhazates (AD 627). " The city, and even the ruins of the city, had long...afforded a spacious field for the operations of the two nrmies." (Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. xlvi.) R 4 syria, such as Karakush, Baasheikha, Baazani, Husseini,... | |
| William Sandys Wright Vaux - 1850 - 490 Seiten
...space was fought the great battle between Heraclius and Rhazates, AD 627. "The city," says Gibbon, " and even the ruins of the city, had long since disappeared...spacious field for the operations of the two armies." * It is more probable that Nimroud and Koyunjik represent different cities, and that the mounds of... | |
| Austen Henry Layard - 1851 - 818 Seiten
...Within this spare w»f 1'ouglit the great battle between Heraclius and Rhazates (AD 627). " The city ind even the ruins of the city, had long since disappeared : the vacant space afforded n epacious field for the operations of the two armies." (Gibbon, Decline and Fall, ch. xlvi.) Existing... | |
| 1850 - 522 Seiten
...Chosroes met Heraclius on this spacious field, it is remarked by one who relates the battle, that " the city and even the ruins of the city had long since disappeared," leaving a wide plain for the operations of the two armies. Until a few years ago, all that had been... | |
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