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473:Orso Ipato
289:Wiel, p. 6
259:, in 742.
195:shooting.
169:iconoclasm
129:Orso Ipato
23:Orso Ipato
499:(738–742)
204:Liutprand
55:In office
1339:Napoleon
372:726–737
344:New York
315:New York
193:crossbow
184:Lombards
45:3rd
1401:Hypatoi
346:, 1910.
331:, 1843.
317:, 1982.
297:Sources
257:Teodato
236:Equilio
232:Eraclea
216:hypatos
200:Ravenna
161:Eraclea
155:History
145:Ravenna
101:Eraclea
59:726–737
440:Venice
329:London
251:. The
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263:Notes
225:Ipato
133:Latin
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