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About the year 400 John, bishop of Constantinople, called Chrysostom or 'of the golden mouth ' because of the eloquence of his preaching, looked w i t h satisfaction on the w o r l d around h i m . ' N o w these vast spaces the sun shines u p o n , ' he wrote, ' from the Tigris to the Isles of Britain, the whole of Afr ica , Egypt and Palestine and whatever is subject to the Roman Empire lives i n peace. Y o u k n o w the w o r l d is untroubled and of wars we hear only rumours. '
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