6/41 C.P.c 13) See the lamentations and invectives of Nicetas, (p. 355.)] [Footnote 71: The reign of Alexius Comnenus occupies three books in Nicetas, p. The short restoration of Isaac and his son is despatched in five chapters, p. 352--362.] By the recent invasion, the Greeks were awakened from a dream of nine centuries; from the vain presumption that the capital of the Roman empire was impregnable to foreign arms. |