Already weakened by the Slavic invasions at the end of the 6th century, which ruined the agrarian economy of Macedonia and probably also by the Plague of Justinian in 547, the city was almost totally destroyed by an earthquake around 619, from which it never recovered.

Already weakened by the 1379 division of Habsburg lands, Leopoldian control of the territories left of the Rhine would collapse over the following years, not least due to the death toll among the local elites loyal to Habsburg.

Already weakened by tuberculosis, he died on June 22, 1808.

Already plagued by shaky morale, and weakened by casualties and desertions after seven weeks of battle, GN units were gradually forced to fall back to Managua.

Already weakened by starvation and exposure, progress on the return journey was slow and hampered by the tropical monsoon downpours of the wet season.

Already weakened by starvation and exposure, progress on the return journey was slow and hampered by the tropical monsoon downpours of the wet season.

Already a few hardy folk from their own train were zealously chipping away at the register rocks, leaving their own records along with those made by the earlier trains.

Already debilitated by the Chattanooga starvation, the quality of Sherman's horseflesh ran downhill as the campaign progressed.

Already the jonquils were blooming in a flock by the front gate, and the periwinkles were coming on, blue by the porch steps.

Already this study has suggested ways to cut his foundation manhours from 170 to 105 by eliminating idle time and wasted motion.

Already, however, several of the turnpikes are earning enough to cover interest requirements by comfortable margins.

Already in the 8th century Prudentius, bishop of Troyes, had in a Breviarium Psalterii made an abridgment of the Psalter for the laity, giving a few psalms for each day, and Alcuin had rendered a similar service by including a prayer for each day and some other prayers, but no lessons or homilies.

Already well known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as " the greatest American architect of all time.

Already seen as outsiders by their classmates, Hackman and Hoffman were later voted " The Least Likely To Succeed.

Already containing 17. 5 % of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing China, its population reaching 1. 6 billion by 2050.

Already in autumn 1940 Stalin received a warning of the Dutch communist party, via the network of the Red Orchestra ( espionage ), that Hitler was preparing for a winter war by letting construct thousands of snow landing gears for the Junkers Ju 52 transport planes.

Already intoxicated, Moon began the celebration by lighting a stick of dynamite in the toilet of his room.

Already situated just inside a state bitterly divided on the issue of slavery, southern sympathizers in the area immediately recognized the threat posed by neighboring Kansas petitioning to enter the Union under the new doctrine of popular sovereignty.

Already angered by the absence of Larwood, the Nottinghamshire faithful heckled the Australians all day.

Already long time affiliates of Al-Qaeda, Hazmi and Mihdhar were chosen by Osama bin Laden as respected jihadists due to their extensive fighting experience for an ambitious terrorist plot to pilot commercial airlines into designated targets in the United States.

Already prepared for such a tactic, Nero succeeds in surprising Worf by impaling him through the back with a large mechanical tentacle.

Already heavily damaged Tartu was liberated by Soviet forces on 27 January 1943, 26 February 1944, 7 – 8 March 1944, and 25 – 26 March 1944.

Already a lame duck Vice President, he was elected to the Senate by the South Carolina state legislature and resigned the Vice Presidency early to begin his Senate term because he believed he would have more power as a senator.

Already financially strained by the long development cycle for Signature, by the end of 1992 XyQuest was bleeding money.

Already in LHIIIA: 1, Egypt knew * Mukana by name as a capital city on the level of Thebes and Knossos.

Already familiar with the novel and with the concept of " white dogs ," he was tasked with " reconceptualizing " the film to have the conflict depicted in the book occur within the dog rather than the people.

Already our leaky lifeboat was filled with five inches of water.

Already Trevelyan had begun to parallel his nineteenth-century Italian studies with several works on English figures of the same period.

Already the city was filled with Barbudos, the bearded, war-dirty Revolutionaries, carrying carbines, waving to the crowds that lined the Prado.

Already it has enabled gene hunters to pinpoint genes associated with more than 30 disorders.

Already a controversial figure in the clubhouse after his corked-bat incident, Sammy's actions alienated much of his once strong fan base as well as the few teammates still on good terms with him, ( many teammates had tired of Sosa's playing of loud salsa music in the locker room ) and possibly tarnished his place in Cubs ' lore for years to come.

Already in 1941 Day appeared as a singer with the Les Brown band in a soundie ( a Cinemasters production ).

Already, Munch was showing a reluctance to part with his paintings, which he termed his " children ".

Already this is happening with wheat, with more crops to be planted in the United States, Canada, and Europe in 2009.

Already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80 % of the population living under the poverty line and 54 % in abject poverty, the earthquake inflicted $ 7. 8 billion in damage and caused the country's GDP to contract 5. 4 % in 2010.

Already in the same year the Cubo-Futurist opera Victory Over the Sun with Malevich's stage-set became a great success.

Already in 1059 he had persuaded Robert Guiscard and Richard of Capua to become vassals of St. Peter for their newly-conquered territories: now Gregory VII immediately after his election sent for him to give an account of the state of Norman Italy and entrusted him with the negotiation of an interview with Robert Guiscard on 2 August 1073, at Benevento.

Already present at this stage of development were many of the features familiar in later releases of Ruby, including object-oriented design, classes with inheritance, mixins, iterators, closures, exception handling, and garbage collection.

Already in the 1750s, voices had been raised to adopt spelling to pronunciation, but this didn't resonate with the conservatively minded Academy.

Already in TOS the USS Enterprise and other ships have a mixed-species crew, although this does not appear to be an absolute rule ; the USS Intrepid is shown with an all-Vulcan crew in the episode " The Immunity Syndrome ".

Already popular, its inclusion with the Osborne 1 computer made the program become the de facto standard for much of the word processing market.

Already in 1323 Louis had sent an army to Italy to protect Milan against the Kingdom of Naples which was together with France the strongest ally of the papacy.

Already familiar with the play, Kelly was desperate for the part.

Already stricken with paralysis, King Louis VII himself could not be present at the ceremony.

Already in 1944 prominent U. S. opinion makers had initiated a domestic propaganda campaign ( which was to continue until 1948 ) arguing for a harsh peace for Germany, with a particular aim to end the apparent habit in the U. S. of viewing the Nazis and the German people as separate entities.

Already by the early 19th century the authorities understood the value of the old town, and so with the need for growth a plan was made for a ' new town ' built adjacent to the old town, following a grid plan but with houses also built in wood.