Patricia Taylor
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The operation is being finalised by the council and war senate before the end of the year 1461, with various commanders from different branches of the now vast army coming back to Thessaloniki in turns to describe their points of view on the capabilities of their unit, then decide on their field of deployment based on that. Almost all the units from the multinational forces and the troops of Antonius shall be partaking in this operation, with the commander of the Varangians Fjodor and Balkan state troopers…-
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Angelo's grim hair flies with the soaring autumn wind coming from the East, beneath it hides a decrepit but steely face with several deep scars and wrinkles carved on it proving this man's eventful history. He sat there silently, watching the teams after teams of foreigners, athletes, diplomats and tourists parade through the mese before him. It is indeed an event of a life time alluring thousands of citizens to come here and have a look at these supposed heretics and barbarians. But this could hardly…
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A month later, a reply came back from the Pope in Roma. He recognised Leon Battista Alberti's resignation as the Emissary, but unexpectedly the Pope sent a request to Antonius at the same time, requesting to set up the Vicariatus Apostolicus Thessalonicensis, hoping that the Caesar is able to officially recognise the growing Catholic population inside the city, as a return appointed his old friend Leon Battista Alberti's as the archbishop, giving him a nice sum of funding on improving the standard of…
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"Other countries…. It follows that if the workers in England or France now liberate themselves, this must set off revolution in all other countries – revolutions which, sooner or later, must accomplish the liberation of their respective working class." - Friedrich Engels "Oh, I see, you know some times there are so many kings and dukes named Charles that I find it hard to classify who is who." "…You are indeed humorous, your majesty." "You know why did I ask you the question on the purpose of…
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"Big industry has brought all the people of the Earth into contact with each other, has merged all local markets into one world market, has spread civilization and progress everywhere and has thus ensured that whatever happens in civilized countries will have repercussions in all other countries…" - Friedrich Engels "I call that process.. an early form of industrialisation." The Holy Emissary, now saying some thing that has got nothing similar to a priest in his speeches, pondered for a while staring…
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"What is the meaning of this, your Holiness?" "Oh… Good day, your highness. What has brought you over here, is it the fresh scent of soil, or is it the lively squeaks of the chickens?" "No, it is just the first time that I have seen any one, any diplomats do this kind of things. Why your holiness? Is it the scent of the flowers that cannot soothe you, so you need to sow your own plants, or is it the chirping of birds unable to appease you, while the squawks of chickens and hens on the other hand soothe…
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Leon Battista Alberti kept his smile while his assistant grumbled. He waited for his assistant to quieten down first, and then replied. "Although I am aware of all these consequences that I might lead to today, but I certainly do not regret having this conversation with him today." "Why! Your holiness why! We have already got enough troubles on the negotiation tables due to the Magnum schisma occidentale and the war on the heretic Jan Hus, our relationship with a lot of Northern realms in Germania are…
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"There is no one who ever acts honestly in the administration of states, nor any helper who will save any one who maintains the cause of the just." - The Republic, Plato "You are trying to create a perfect kingdom in the unperfect world, like the one being depicted in De Republica by Plato, aren't you?" "I don't understand what you are talking about, your holiness." "…The book described a concept to us a kind of philosophical… political concept that every thing in the state is being run in an…
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Antonius would never have knew about his contributions to human being's progression and the turmoil he caused in the city of Roma. Actually he would have no time to bother about this sort of things too, for he is now busy with diplomatic affairs, numerous other city states in Italia has sent their ambassadors and representatives to supposedly increase their bonds and trade relationships with the city that dominates the trade in Aegean after the demise of Smyrna and Constantinople because of the century…
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This form of arts is of course soon oppressed by the local churches who tried to snub it and lock it away, but soon they found themselves to be way too weak against the unstoppable surge of history. Countless artists and sculpturists started studying and making developments in the new thinking and new form of arts, it has already become a progression in history that is certainly unstoppable by any old powers that is trying to hold it back, and it is new certain that in the decades to come, it shall blossom…
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