On the capture of Constantinople by the Latins, Alexius was joined by many noble fugitives from Constantinople.

He had always retained the names of Caesar and BasileuV.

He now fixed the seat of his empire at Trebizond; but he had never abandoned his pretensions to the Byzantine throne, ch.iii.Fallmerayer appears to make out a triumphant case as to the assumption of the royal title by Alexius the First.

Since the publication of M.Fallmerayer's work, (Muenchen, 1827,) M.Tafel has published, at the end of the opuscula of Eustathius, a curious chronicle of Trebizond by Michael Panaretas, (Frankfort, 1832.) It gives the succession of the emperors, and some other curious circumstances of their wars with the several Mahometan powers .-- M.] [Footnote 212: The successor of Alexius was his son-in-law Andronicus I., of the Comnenian family, surnamed Gidon.

There were five successions between Alexius and John, according to Fallmerayer, p.103.The troops of Trebizond fought in the army of Dschelaleddin, the Karismian, against Alaleddin, the Seljukian sultan of Roum, but as allies rather than vassals, p.107.It was after the defeat of Dschelaleddin that they furnished their contingent to Alai-eddin.