[39] See below, [p. 425].

[40] See [p. 141]. It was Thessaly, less Neopatra attached to Athens, Pteleon held by Venice, Zeitouni by the Empire.

[41] ‘Basilissa Romæorum’ = Ῥωμαίων βασίλισσα. ‘Romæi’ is not uncommonly used for the Ῥωμαῐωι of the East, as distinguished from the ‘Romanorum Imperator’ of the West.

[42] See above, [p. 377].

[43] See above, [p. 420].

[44] He claimed (see Jireček, Geschichte der Bulgaren, p. 351) to rule over the Greek, the Albanian, and the Servian lands, from Hadrianople to Durazzo.

[45] The history of George Akropolitês gives a narrative of these wars which is worth studying, if only for its close bearing on the most recent events.

[46] See above, [p. 157].

[47] See above, [p. 158].

[48] On the origin of the name, see Roesler, Romänische Studien, 159, 218, 260. There is something strange in Constantine calling the Finnish Magyars Τοῠρκοι, in opposition to the really Turkish Patzinaks. His Τουρκία and Φραγγία are of course Hungary and Germany. De Adm. Imp. 13, 40. pp. 81, 173. ed. Bonn.