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Then a woman called Nicopolis died and left Lucius Cornelius a small fortune — she was, I gather, his mistress.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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But as Bassus thought he must perform the covenant he had made with those that had surrendered the citadel, he let them go, and restored Eleazar to them, in the beginning of the third century, and which he then procured to be rebuilt, and after which rebuilding it was called Nicopolis, is entirely different from that Emmaus which is mentioned by St. Luke 24; 13; see Reland's Paleestina, lib.
The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709
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So Titus marched on foot as far as Nicopolis, which is distant twenty furlongs from Alexandria; there he put his army on board some long ships, and sailed upon the river along the Mendesian Nomus, as far as the city Tumuis; there he got out of the ships, and walked on foot, and lodged all night at a small city called Tanis.
The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709
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Chronography] are extant, accepted a mission for the restoration of the city of Emmaus, afterwards called Nicopolis, under the Emperor
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Jim is the Sejick Sultan & his army of horse archers had intercepted a Byzantine army of spearmen which were attempting to take his city of Nicopolis.
Camp Cromwell 13/05/08 Cromwell MkI 2008
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He then established his own school at Nicopolis, an important cultural center in Epirus, on the Adriatic coast of northwest Greece, and remained there teaching and lecturing until his death around 135.
Epictetus Graver, Margaret 2008
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Fought, in 1394, under the banner of Jean de Nevers, afterwards Duke of Burgundy, for Sigmund, King of Hungary, against Bajazet; and was knighted on the field of Nicopolis, from which only himself, his leader, and twenty-two other French nobles escaped.
Archive 2008-02-24 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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The program of study offered in the school at Nicopolis included the reading of philosophical treatises by Stoic authors of the Hellenistic period, for instance the work On Impulse by Chrysippus
Epictetus Graver, Margaret 2008
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Fought, in 1394, under the banner of Jean de Nevers, afterwards Duke of Burgundy, for Sigmund, King of Hungary, against Bajazet; and was knighted on the field of Nicopolis, from which only himself, his leader, and twenty-two other French nobles escaped.
The story of the Pucelle begins de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Jim is the Sejick Sultan & his army of horse archers had intercepted a Byzantine army of spearmen which were attempting to take his city of Nicopolis.
Archive 2008-05-01 Cromwell MkI 2008
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