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errors. These may be due to mistakes by the copyist, or to a policy of deliberate negligence towards Pagan history. There are also many instances of myth and less a reliance on pure history, for instance, Julius Caesar's mother being cut open to birth him, resulting in a
Caesarian section. This is a fable made up by later historians and bears no evidence to historical fact. The author, a catholic bishop, is more interested in telling moralising tales and history from a religious perspective, than relating pure history.
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But the strong beneficence of God will put to shame those who grieve us, and He will make His love for man to triumph over our sins, and bring to naught the evil purposes of those who afflict us, who would not that the King of Kings and Lord of Lords should reign over them, (even) Jesus Christ our
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translation of the original was made. Sections of the text are obviously corrupted with accidental omissions. Most notably, a passage covering thirty years (from 610 to 640) is missing. The narrative, especially the earlier sections up until the reign of
Constantine, has many obvious historical
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John also reports the prohibitive new taxes placed on the native population. In some cases, the taxes were so burdensome that families were forced to sell their children into slavery. He also admonishes
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Mingazov, S. 2012. Kubrat - pravitel’ Velikoy
Bolgarii i Ketrades - personal Ioanna Nikiusskogo (‘Kubrat, the ruler of Great Bulgaria, and Qetrades, a character from the Chronicle of John of Nikiu’) (Kazan’: Iydatel’stvo Yaz,
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None could recount the mourning and lamentation which took place in that city....And they had none to help them, and God destroyed their hopes and delivered the
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true God. As for those wicked slaves, He will destroy them in evil fashion: as saith the holy Gospel: 'As for Mine enemies who would not that I should reign over them, bring them unto Me.'
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