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They hoped that the service of eunuchs, who would be without ambition, would guarantee their own safety. And all these expectations were defeated. Nine generations showed that selection in favour of assassination could more than keep ...
They hoped that the service of eunuchs, who would be without ambition, would guarantee their own safety. And all these expectations were defeated. Nine generations showed that selection in favour of assassination could more than keep ...
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Moreover it came to be assumed or agreed that a eunuch could not himself become emperor. The castration of Romans and of free men was at first deemed improper. 1 To be sure, the Patriarch would protest if an eastern empress, like Zoe, ...
Moreover it came to be assumed or agreed that a eunuch could not himself become emperor. The castration of Romans and of free men was at first deemed improper. 1 To be sure, the Patriarch would protest if an eastern empress, like Zoe, ...
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There is another theory held about eunuchs, not by their employers in former times but by popular fancy today. It is the view that they are morally or physically less courageous than ordinary men. This theory is also fallacious.
There is another theory held about eunuchs, not by their employers in former times but by popular fancy today. It is the view that they are morally or physically less courageous than ordinary men. This theory is also fallacious.
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THE FOUNDATIONS page | 19 |
PROVIDENT SOCIETIES | 67 |
EXPANDING PEOPLES | 127 |
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Africa agriculture Alexander Anatolia ancient Arab Arabia army Aryan Asia barbarian became began breeding brought capital Carthage caste Catholic century character China Christian Church cities civilization colonies conquest continued craftsmen created Crete crops cultivation culture diverse Dynasty east effect Egypt Egyptian Emperor Empire England established Etruscan eunuchs Europe European evidence evolution expansion favoured feudal followed genetic governing class Greece Greek groups hereditary Hittite Huguenots hybridization ideas immigrants inbreeding India invaders invention Islam islands Jewish Jews kings land language later marriage married matrilinear Mesopotamia migration military millennium movement Muslim Mycenaean nation native neolithic numbers origin outbreeding paleolithic patricians peasants Persian Persian Empire Phoenician political population priesthood priests principle protected races racial reform religion religious Roman Rome royal rulers rules Russian selection slaves social society spread stratified success Sumer Sumerian survival tion trade tribes western whole