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Word: comnenus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Students of Xenophon quickly recalled that Trebizond is that ancient Hellenic city of Trapezus, the Tableland, where the famed 10,000 halted for rest. Those with a more curious eye for the romantic characters of history recalled Alexius Comnenus, fugitive of the fourth crusade, imaginative, able 22-year-old knight-errant who crowned himself king of the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Snow | 9/3/1928 | See Source »

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