[The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire CHAPTER LXI: Partition Of The Empire By The French And Venetians 16/24
They are described and named by Pachymer, (l.ii.c.
14.)] [Footnote 60: It is needless to seek these Comans in the deserts of Tartary, or even of Moldavia.
A part of the horde had submitted to John Vataces, and was probably settled as a nursery of soldiers on some waste lands of Thrace, (Cantacuzen.l.i.c.
2.)] [Footnote 601: According to several authorities, particularly Abulfaradj. Chron.Arab.p.336, this was a stratagem on the part of the Greeks to weaken the garrison of Constantinople.
The Greek commander offered to surrender the town on the appearance of the Venetians .-- M.] [Footnote 61: The loss of Constantinople is briefly told by the Latins: the conquest is described with more satisfaction by the Greeks; by Acropolita, (c.
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