Note 063
Baluze (Not. ad Pap. Avenion. tom. i. p. 1194,
1195) produces the original evidence which attests the
threats of the Roman ambassadors, and the resignation of the
abbot of Mount Cassin, qui, ultro se offerens, respondit se
civem Romanum esse, et illud velle quod ipsi vellent.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 70