Note 119
The power of custom forces me to number
Conrad I. and Henry I., the Fowler, in the list of emperors,
a title which was never assumed by those kings of Germany.
The Italians, Muratori for instance, are more scrupulous and
correct, and only reckon the princes who have been crowned
at Rome.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 49