Note 078 In the year 1709, Labat (Voyages en Italie, tom. iii. p. 218) reckoned 138,568 Christian souls, besides 8000 or 10,000 Jews - without souls? In the year 1763, the numbers exceeded 160,000.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 41