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Free Download Geoffroy de Villehardouin, John Franklyn-Robbins, "The Conquest of Constantinople"
English | ASIN: B00005479O, ISBN: 9781440797774 | 2008 | M4B@64 kbps | ~04:13:00 | 124 MB
This first-hand account of the noble, barbaric Fourth Crusade was written by Geoffroy de Villehardouin, a French nobleman who played a leading role in the war. The First, Second, and Third Crusades were an effort by Christians to free the Holy Land from the Turks, but the Fourth Crusade degenerated into a war of conquest amongst fellow Christians. Villehardouin’s account provides important insights into the motivations of the crusaders in this most famous of campaigns, launched at the dawn of the 13th century.

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Free Download Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CP6DR8QP | 2023 | 7 hours and 7 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 398 MB
Author: John Keahey
Narrator: Tom Perkins
In 66 BC, young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via Appia. He borrowed significant sums to restore the ancient highway. It was a way to curry favor from Roman citizens in villages along the route, built from Rome to Brindisi between 312-191 BC. After achieving greatness in Rome and the far reaches of Gaul, he led armies along this road to battle enemies in Roman civil wars. And then, across the Adriatic Sea, he joined Via Appia’s sister road, the Via Egnatia that began in today’s Albania. Other armies followed these two roads that eventually connected Rome to Byzantium, today’s Istanbul.

Free Download Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CP6DR8QP | 2023 | 7 hours and 7 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 398 MB
Author: John Keahey
Narrator: Tom Perkins
In 66 BC, young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via Appia. He borrowed significant sums to restore the ancient highway. It was a way to curry favor from Roman citizens in villages along the route, built from Rome to Brindisi between 312-191 BC. After achieving greatness in Rome and the far reaches of Gaul, he led armies along this road to battle enemies in Roman civil wars. And then, across the Adriatic Sea, he joined Via Appia’s sister road, the Via Egnatia that began in today’s Albania. Other armies followed these two roads that eventually connected Rome to Byzantium, today’s Istanbul.

Free Download Following Caesar
by John Keahey
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1250792401 | 256 pages | True EPUB | 24.97 MB

Free Download Gilles Dorival, "The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople: Canon, New Testament, Church Fathers, Catenae"
English | ISBN: 0192898094 | 2021 | 240 pages | EPUB | 1082 KB
The Hebrew Torah was translated into Greek in Alexandria by Jewish scholars in the third century BCE, and other ‘biblical’ books followed to form the so-called Septuagint. Since the Septuagint contains a number of books and passages that are not part of the Hebrew Bible, the study of the Septuagint is essential to any account of the canon of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. However, the situation is complex because the Greek text of the Old Testament quoted in the New Testament and in the Church Fathers does not always match the Septuagint text as given by the earliest codices. Furthermore, it must be asked to what extent these texts of the Septuagint may have been Christianized.

Free Download Gilles Dorival, "The Septuagint from Alexandria to Constantinople: Canon, New Testament, Church Fathers, Catenae"
English | ISBN: 0192898094 | 2021 | 240 pages | PDF | 10 MB
The Hebrew Torah was translated into Greek in Alexandria by Jewish scholars in the third century BCE, and other ‘biblical’ books followed to form the so-called Septuagint. Since the Septuagint contains a number of books and passages that are not part of the Hebrew Bible, the study of the Septuagint is essential to any account of the canon of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. However, the situation is complex because the Greek text of the Old Testament quoted in the New Testament and in the Church Fathers does not always match the Septuagint text as given by the earliest codices. Furthermore, it must be asked to what extent these texts of the Septuagint may have been Christianized.

Free Download The Fall of Constantinople: The Brutal End of the Byzantine Empire (History) by 50 minutes
English | April 26, 2016 | ISBN: 2806273072 | 42 pages | EPUB | 0.72 Mb
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Fall of Constantinople in next to no time with this concise guide.