Note 084
The xviith chapter of the tactics of the
different nations is the most historical and useful of the
whole collection of Leo. The manners and arms of the
Saracens (Tactic. p. 809 - 817, and a fragment from the
Medicean Ms. in the preface of the vith volume of Meursius)
the Roman emperor was too frequently called upon to study.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 53