Note 55 — Chapter VII · LEO THE ISAURIAN TO JOANNES ZIMISCES [717-969 A.D.]
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[“It is the boast of orthodox historians that ten thousand Paulicians perished in this manner. Far greater numbers, however, escaped into the province of Melitene, where the Saracen emir granted them protection, and assisted them to plan schemes of revenge.”—Finlay.n]