Note 027
Mamaccae, on the Oyse, between Compiegne and
Noyon, which Eginhart calls
perparvi reditûs villam,
(see
the notes, and the map of ancient France for Dom. Bouquet's
Collection.) Compendium, or Compiegne, was a palace of more
dignity, (Hadrian. Valesii Notitia Galliarum, p. 152,) and
that laughing philosopher, the Abbe Galliani, (Dialogues sur
le Commerce des Bleds,) may truly affirm, that it was the
residence of the rois très Chretiens en très chevelûs.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 52