Note 031
Hungarorum gens, cujus omnes fere nationes
expertae saevitium &c., is the preface of Liutprand, (l. i.
c. 2,) who frequently expatiated on the calamities of his
own times. See l. i. c. 5, l. ii. c. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7; l.
iii. c. 1, &c., l. v. c. 8, 15, in Legat. p. 485. His
colors are glaring but his chronology must be rectified by
Pagi and Muratori.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 55