Note 043
Pachymer (l. v. c. 10) very properly explains
(
ligios
) by
The use of these words in the Greek and Latin of the feudal times may be amply understood from the Glossaries of Ducange, (Graec. p. 811, 812. Latin. tom. iv. p. 109 - 111.)
The History
Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire
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Fall In The East
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Chapter 63