Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . acred vessels of the altar were n,-eil for drink-ing cups, and a (ii>-iistiiii: niixtiiie of vine-arand mustard was passeil arMinid aiiiont^- tiiedrunken communicants as the hn|\- -aeranientof the church. The ,,i this dis-gusting profanity
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . acred vessels of the altar were n,-eil for drink-ing cups, and a (ii>-iistiiii: niixtiiie of vine-arand mustard was passeil arMinid aiiiont^- tiiedrunken communicants as the hn|\- -aeranientof the church. The ,,i this dis-gusting profanity were soon a|i|iareiit in tiiealienation of the people from the consjjiracy was organized, headed by 1!a-ilI., surnamed the jMacedonian, and in MnMichael III. was assassinated in his ownchamber. The chief conspirator at once assumed thepurple. He was a native of Adriauople, andin his childhood had been sold into .slavery bythe Bulgarians. xVfterwards being liberated, (pieiitly adoptid as a son by a wealthy matronnamed Danielis. His ambition lo-e with theoccasion. He was introduced at emn-t, andobtained the liivor of .Michael 111., who>e dep-osition and murder he as of his victim, he erected churches in his honor,and ordered them to be dedicated to Saini:\Iichael! CHAPTER LXIX.^MvXCEDOXIAX BEAT was the energy dif-fused into the governmentby the usurper Basil. Un-der the Macedonian dy-nasty, there was a revivalof prosperity. The stronghand and liberal patronageof the monarelis gave encouragement and suc-cess to those enterprises by which the glory ofboth the Eoman and the Greek name was re-stored to some degree of its former , the Emperor might not claim the repu-tation which springs from warlike dee<ls. Stillthe army was augmented in numbers and im-proved in discipine. The success of the Impe-rial arms over the Saracens in the East wasso marked as to make the Empire a thing tobe dreaded again by the ]Mohammedan zealots.
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