Note 079 Phranza was the personal enemy of the great duke nor could time, or death, or his own retreat to a monastery, extort a feeling of sympathy or forgiveness. Ducas is inclined to praise and pity the martyr; Chalcocondyles is neuter, but we are indebted to him for the hint of the Greek conspiracy.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 68