Note 042
After enumerating the sufferings of his country, Nicholas Specialis adds, in the true spirit of
Italian jealousy,
Quae omnia et graviora quidem, ut
arbitror, patienti animo Siculi tolerassent, nisi (quod
primum cunctis dominantibus cavendum est) alienas foeminas
invasissent,
(l. i. c. 2, p. 924.)
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 62