Note 033 Guibert (p. 481) paints in lively colors this general emotion. He was one of the few contemporaries who had genius enough to feel the astonishing scenes that were passing before their eyes. Erat itaque videre miraculum, caro omnes emere, atque vili vendere, &c.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 58