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“The title of dei gratia rex had also been appropriated by Agilulf upon the reconstitution of the Langobard monarchy.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“over the rest of humanity, and, above all, over the barbarian,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“and drowned his high priest.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“Accordingly, it was a matter of grave urgency to Gregory that mankind be prepared for Divine Judgement.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“The Armenians captured the queen,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“The frontier was open, porous, and vulnerable.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“Each year, the Emperor in Constantinople appointed from the ranks of the Roman Senate”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“Significantly”
― Peter Sarris, Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

“The growth of great estates threatened to undermine the cohesion of the village communities”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“could agree that the ‘crucified Christ’ should be clearly defined as God.”
― Peter Sarris, Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

“in Bede’s terms, were not interested in having their souls saved.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“Landowners resented paying taxes at the best of times,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“in the Emperor’s name was not to be altered, amended, or even further abbreviated.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“there was no attempt on the part of any of the Langobard dukes to secede from the realm.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“The result was a sudden withdrawal of Turk forces from the Transcaucasus”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“located roughly five kilometres from the milestone known as the milion in the heart of the city,”
― Peter Sarris, Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

“a series of revolts had occurred in Roman Britain just prior to the Rhine crossings.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“were divided among the guests [per hospites] and made tributaries,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“Merovingians had successfully established themselves as a stirps regia—”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“have no evidence of any attempt to try to justify the imperial intervention in Spain in religious or legal terms,”
― Peter Sarris, Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

“with coups and usurpations taking place in 626, 662, 688, and 702,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“the forces of jihad eager to bear the banners of faith yet further afield,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“epitomised by the Edict of Paris that Clothar II issued in 614”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“As a result, he was able to forge under his own control a dense network of land, clients, and pro-Pippin monastic foundations,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“spoke of the Emperor’s absolute determination to extricate Constantinople from the crisis in which it found itself.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“THE DEMISE OF THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“Deny that Jesus and turn to the great God whom I worship,”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“the theological equivalent of the engineering and law upon which the older Rome’s intellectual credentials had ultimately rested.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“combining ongoing active military leadership with a more permanent claim to overarching social and political authority.”
― Peter Sarris, Empires of Faith: The Fall of Rome to the Rise of Islam, 500-700

“In the discussions that ensued,”
― Peter Sarris, Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint