... temptedby the disorders of Italy, the nakedness of Rome, and the unwarlike profession of her new chief. On the firstedicts of the emperor, they declared themselves the champions of the holy images: ... splendor of the purple, Frederic the First invaded the republics of Lombardy, with the arts of a statesman, the valor of a soldier, and the cruelty of a tyrant. The recent discovery of the Pandectshad ... over the Roman city. Since the revolt of Italy and the loss of the Exarchate, the distress of the Romans had exacted some sacrifice of their independence. Yet, even in this act, they exercised the...