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" The seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually sunk into an obscure town, a trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village. "
The Great Sieges of History - Page 283
by William Robson - 1855 - 627 pages
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A Tour Through Asia Minor and the Greek Islands: With an Account of the ...

Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 pages
...followed the executioner, pitying his unhappy mistress, and bestowing comfort on his afflicted friends. The seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually...trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village. And there is no means of knowing what has happened to it, since the destruction of the eastern empire...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5

1808 - 408 pages
...trmple of tile suu, ediscoveis some pity fur the remnant of the pahiiyn-nians, to whom he grants tbe permission of rebuilding and inhabiting their city....seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually cunk ¡uto an obscure town, a Xa trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village. Mr. Wood is...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volume 4

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pages
...Aurelian. Shortly after, the Palmyrenians revolted and suffered most severely from the rage of the Romans. The seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually...trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village. The company with whom Mr. Wood, the publisher of the Ruins of Palmyra, travelled, arrived at length at...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 510 pages
...directed to the re-establishment of a temple of the sun, he discovers some pity for the remnant of the Palmyrenians, to whom he grants the permission...is easier to destroy than to restore. The seat of cornmerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually sunk into an obscure town, a trifling fortress, and at...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 pages
...directed to the re-establishment of a temple of the Sun, he discovers some pity for the remnant of the Palmyrenians, to whom he grants the permission...to destroy than to restore. The seat of commerce, oí' arts, and of Zenobia, gradually sunk into an obscure town, a trifling fortress, and at length...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Part 2, Volume 16

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 pages
...directed to the re-establishment of a temple of the sun, he discovers sou.e pity for the remnant of the Palmyrenians, to whom he grants the permission...destroy than to restore. The seat of commerce, of arts, anil of Xenobia, gradually sunk into an obscure town, a trifling fortress, and at length a miserable...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 pages
...m Hnt. 4nffiut. p. !ttn. 242. A«an Instance of '.thai behjid jfla«s windows. He wasremarlable ing their city. But it is easier to destroy than to restore....consisting of thirty or forty families, have erected their mudcottages whliiti the spacious court of a magnificent temple. Another and a last labour still awaited...
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Palestine, Or the Holy Land: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time

Michael Russell - 1837 - 432 pages
...even of the ninth century. The seat, however, of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia, gradually sank into an obscure town, a trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village.* The despotism exercised by Solomon created a strong reaction, which was immediately felt on the accession...
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Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East. With a Sketch of the ..., Volume 2

Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 518 pages
...capture of Palmyra, and its fearful destruction by Aurelian, the city has never again prospered ; " the seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia gradually...trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village." f The Palmyrenes, says Zosimus, had several declarations from the gods, which portended the overthrow...
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Damascus and Palmyra: A Journey to the East, Volume 2

Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 290 pages
...capture of Palmyra, and its fearful destruction by Aurelian, the city has never again prospered; " the seat of commerce, of arts, and of Zenobia gradually...trifling fortress, and at length a miserable village. "f The Palmyrenes, says Zosimus, had several declarations from the gods, which portended the overthrow...
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