They were all established in conquered provinces, which in most cases had been fully inhabited before.

In the mid-7th century, for example, Penda had placed royal kinsmen in control of conquered provinces.

But we do know that the rulers of these two conquered provinces were originally feudatories of the Rashtrakutas.

They were crushed and helpless, citizens of conquered provinces.

Therefore, Muawiya allowed many of the local government workers in conquered provinces to keep their jobs under the new Umayyad government.

By the close of the 1st century, this proportion had fallen to as low as 22 percent, with the remainder drawn from conquered provinces.

Still preserved from that time are parts of the extensive road network that the Romans built for transport through their conquered provinces.

They had been collected from many parts of Europe and the near East, the spoils of a score of conquered provinces.

With the defeat of Ambervale and all its conquered provinces, Darkover had achieved only an uneasy peace.

The state and its conquered provinces had grown swiftly, enormously.