Note 041
The words of a contemporary writer (Pandulph.
Pisan. in Vit. Paschal. II. p. 357, 358) describe the
election and oath of the praefect in 1118,
inconsultis patribus .... loca praefectoria ....
Laudes praefectoriae.... comitiorum applausum ....
juraturum populo in ambonem sublevant ....
confirmari eum in urbe praefectum petunt.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 69