[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
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[37] [Footnote 36: Acropolita (c.
14) affirms, that Peter of Courtenay died by the sword, (ergon macairaV genesqai;) but from his dark expressions, I should conclude a previous captivity, wV pantaV ardhn desmwtaV poihsai sun pasi skeuesi.
* The Chronicle of Auxerre delays the emperor's death till the year 1219; and Auxerre is in the neighborhood of Courtenay.
Note: Whatever may have been the fact, this can hardly be made out from the expressions of Acropolita .-- M.] [Footnote 37: See the reign and death of Peter of Courtenay, in Ducange, (Hist.
de C.P.
l.ii.c.
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