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Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
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Fourteen centuries later, Cleopatra was not so lucky. After three years of joint rule with her brother, she was deposed and sent into exile. Instead of taking this tamely, she assembled an army and turned to the most accessible powerful Roman for help.
Ron Druett • She Captains

Nathaniel Courthope,
John Keay • The Honourable Company: History of the English East India Company
In both Byzantium and the Frankish West, it was the fusion of secular with religious influences that created societies cohesive enough to withstand the aftershocks of imperial breakdown, barbarian invasion and Islamic expansion.