[567] The Venetians seized Athens in 1395, and sent Antonio Contareno to act as governor.
[568] Hammer describes the capture of Athens in 1397 in i. 350, and again in 1456 in iii. 51.
[569] Gibbon and Hammer follow Chalcocondylas in this error. Cf. Berger de Xivrey, in Mém. de l’Acad. des Inscr., vol. xix, partie 2, pp. 29-30.
[570] Seadeddin, i. 180.
[571] Ducas, 13, p. 50; Chalc., II, p. 59; Idris.
[572] The land walls of Salonika, still standing, are eloquent proof of the difficulty which confronted their assailants before the days of cannon.
[573] Phr., I. 17, p. 64.
[574] See p. 199. There is serious difference of opinion as to just when these concessions were made.
[575] Feridun collection, letter from Adrianople, ordering kadis to prepare for siege of Constantinople: Bibl. Nat., Paris, fonds turc, No. 79, p. 60.
[576] Ducas, 14, p. 53; Canale, ii. 62. Leunclavius, Annales, p. 52, puts this in 1391/2.