Thus in 565 or 566 Justinian's successor Justin II sent his son-in-law Baduarius as magister militum ( field commander ) to lead a Byzantine army against Alboin in support of Cunimund, ending in the Lombards ' complete defeat.

Thus, there was a short-lived eleventh century attempt to re-establish an independent Galatia by native Galatians whose aristocracy and people appealed to Anglo-Saxon and Russo-Norman mercenaries of the Byzantine Varangian Guard and Frankish Crusaders alike in establishing a new kingdom.

Thus, the monastery became the capital of a state comprising a compact and strategic region between the Lombard principality of Benevento and the Byzantine city-states of the coast ( Naples, Gaeta, and Amalfi ).

Thus the Byzantine law was created.

Thus, Priscus, a Byzantine emissary to Attila, repeatedly referred to the latter's followers as " Scythians ".

Thus the Alexiad allows the events of the First Crusade to be seen from the Byzantine elite's perspective.

Thus, on 25 July 1261, with most of the Latin troops away on campaign, the Nicaean general Alexios Strategopoulos found an unguarded entrance to the city, and entered it with his troops, restoring the Byzantine Empire for his master, Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Thus he borrowed Théodora ( 1884 ) from Byzantine annals ( which was adapted into a opera by Xavier Leroux ), La Haine ( 1874 ) from Italian chronicles, La Duchesse d ' Athénes from the forgotten records of medieval Greece.

Thus spurned, Argyrus contacted the Pope, and when Leo and his army moved from Rome to Apulia to engage the Normans in battle, a Byzantine army led by Argyrus personally moved from Apulia with the same plan, catching the Normans in a pinch.

Thus, the Samaritans rebelled again under the rule of emperor Anastasius I, reoccupying Mount Gerizim, which was subsequently reconquered by the Byzantine governor of Edessa, Procopius.

Thus, ultimately the defeat marked the end of Byzantine attempts to recover the Anatolian plateau, which was now lost to the empire forever.

Thus Constantine weakened the Byzantine forces, which in turn led to their cataclysmic defeat at the battle of Manzikert in 1071.

A punitive force sent by the Bulgarians was defeated. Thus we see a continuous cycle of dynastic strife amongst Vlastimir ’ s successors, stirred on by the Byzantine and Bulgarians, who were effectively using the Serbs as pawns.

Thus, after his coup d ' état of 4 August 1936, Ioannis Metaxas proclaimed the advent of the " Third Hellenic Civilization " after the civilization of the ancient Greek and Byzantine Civilization.

Thus South Caucasus became the area of not only military, but also religious convergence, which often led to bitter conflicts with successive Persian Empires on the one side and the Roman ( later Byzantine ) Empire on the other.

Thus much of Cilicia was restored back to Byzantine control, but Thoros still held the mountainous regions in the north.

Thus in 1651, when he published the first printed edition of the works of George Acropolites, the 13th century emissary of the Byzantine Emperor who acknowledged the supremacy of the Roman pontiff and thus had become something of a celebrity, at least in the West, the Latin essay that formed the preface to this volume, De Georgiis eorumque Scriptis gained fame itself as a learned plea for the commonalities between the two churches.

Thus, the Genoan marine crushed the very pirates the Republic had created to cripple Venetian ( and Byzantine ) trade.

Thus, Ilya supposedly served Prince Vladimir of Kiev ( ruled 980 – 1015 ); he fought Batu Khan, the founder of Golden Horde ( c. 1205 – 55 ); he saved Constantine the God-Loving, the tsar of Constantinople, from a monster ( there were a number of Byzantine emperors named Constantine, none of them contemporaries of Prince Vladimir or Batu Khan, and the one most likely to be called " God-loving " was Constantine XI, 1405 – 53 ).

Thus, practice in the Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite is identical with that described above for the Churches that constitute the Eastern Orthodox Church, but differs from that of, for instance, the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church or the Latin Church.

Thus the Byzantine army finally lost any meaningful connection with the standing imperial Roman army.

Thus, Griko should rather be described as a Doric-influenced descendant of Byzantine Greek.

Thus, at a time when Islam was rising on the borders of the Byzantine Empire and a united front was necessary to keep out Islamic infiltration, the Maronites were focused on a struggle to retain their independence against imperial power.

Thus, some Hindus chant the name of their favorite deities as often as possible, the most common being Krishna

Thus, in many Theravada Buddhist communities, the following Pali chant, the Vandana Ti-sarana is often recited by both monks and lay people:

The Secondary Practice is to chant Chapter 2 ( Expedient Means ) and Chapter 16 ( Life Span of the Thus Come One ) of the Lotus Sutra, or any other chapter of The Lotus Sutra or the complete Sutra.

Thus in larger texts, depending on how the words were set to music, syllabic parts ( no ligatures and is therefore non-modal ) end up as organum purum: the tenor sustains each single note of the chant over which the organal voice drapes a new florid line, written mostly in ligatures and compound neumes.

Thus in Organum duplum of Leonin these compositional idioms alternate throughout the complete polyphonic setting, which is concluded in monophonic chant for the last phrase.

Thus, recapitulating, three different styles in the organaliter section are alternated and linked according to the text, leaving the last part of the text to be sung choraliter in monophonic chant.

Thus organum duplum on a texted chant as a Gradual, Responsory or the Verse of an Alleluia can be schematized as follows:

Thus " the rubrics of the Low Mass do not permit the priest to chant ", though singing by others may accompany his celebration of Mass.

Thus these fans will often create loud sounds or chant in hopes of distracting, demoralizing and confusing the opposing team while they have possession of the ball ; or to persuade a referee to make a favorable decision.

Thus, one of Bridger's stories involved a " petrified forest " in which there were " petrified birds " singing " petrified songs " ( though he may have seen the petrified trees in the Tower Junction area of what is now Yellowstone National Park ).

'" Thus by the end of 1945 several versions of " I Will Overcome " were current as a gospel song, while on the South Carolina picket line, Lucille Simmons and other striking tobacco workers were singing a slow version of the song as, " We Will Overcome ".

Thus, music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics and acting are all featured in Cantonese opera.

Thus, an ensemble singing unaccompanied classical music might be said to be performing a cappella ( in the adjectival sense ), but would not be considered an " a cappella group.

Thus, according to the Württemberg Kirchenordnung of 1553, a funeral procession was prescribed, the bier being followed by the congregation singing hymns ; the Brandenburg Kirchenordnung ( 1540 ) directed a cross-bearer to precede the procession and lighted candles to be carried, and this was prescribed also by the Waldeck Kirchenordnung of 1556.

Thus Emma continued her vocal training in 2001 and 2002 by taking singing lessons from vocal coach Maguy Vilette, and took guitar courses again for two months, because the musical style of pop rock attracted her.

Thus, singing is usually unaccompanied.

Thus was Nasrat ’ s formal initiation into singing.

Thus, each samba school parade has the " comissao de frente "; individuals who open the parade by walking in social attires, saluting the crowds ; the " ala das Baianas ", or the traditional segment of Bahian African-Brazilian ladies with impressive round dresses spinning through the avenue ; the " puxadores " ( lead singers ) singing the " samba-enredo " or theme-song while they play the " cavaquinho " or other string instruments ; the " velha guarda ," or veterans who made history in the school ; the " bateria ", or samba band with drums, " cuicas " and other instruments, preceded by the " madrinha da bateria ", or band godmother who is often a sexy female celebrity.