Note 044
The establishment and progress of the Genoese
at Pera, or Galata, is described by Ducange (C. P.
Christiana, l. i. p. 68, 69) from the Byzantine historians,
Pachymer, (l. ii. c. 35, l. v. 10, 30, l. ix. 15 l. xii. 6,
9,) Nicephorus Gregoras, (l. v. c. 4, l. vi. c. 11, l. ix.
c. 5, l. ix. c. 1, l. xv. c. 1, 6,) and Cantacuzene, (l. i.
c. 12, l. ii. c. 29, &c.)]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 63