Note 073
Nicetas (p. 355) is positive in the charge, and specifies the Flemings
though he is wrong in supposing it an ancient name. Villehardouin (No. 107) exculpates the barons, and is ignorant (perhaps affectedly ignorant) of the names of the guilty.
The History
Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
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Fall In The East
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Chapter 60