28. The missionaries of St. Chrysostom had converted great
numbers of the Scythians, who dwelt beyond the Danube in
tents and waggons. Theodoret, 1. v. c. 31; Photius, p. 1517
[p. 508 b, ed. Bekk.]. The Mahometans, the Nestorians, and
the Latin Christians, thought themselves secure of gaining
the sons and grandsons of Zingis, who treated the rival
missionaries with impartial favour: