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[b] LEO DIACONUS, _op. cit._

[c] GEORGIUS CEDRENUS, _Σύνοψις ἱστορίων_ (_Compendium Historiarum ab Orbe Condita ad Isaacum Comnenum_).

[d] JOANNES ZONARAS, _Χρονίκον_ (_Annales_).

[e] G. FINLAY, _op. cit._

[f] H. GELZER, _op. cit._

[g] GEORGIUS MONACHUS, _Χρονίκον Βίου τῶν νεῶν Βασιλεῶν_.

[h] EDWARD GIBBON, _op. cit._

[i] ANNA COMNENA, _Ἀλεξίας_.

[j] NICETAS ACOMINATUS, _Ἱστορία_.