[Footnote 57: The Latin vulgar was provoked to laughter at
the strange dresses of the Greeks, and especially the length
of their garments, their sleeves, and their beards; nor was
the emperor distinguished, except by the purple color, and
his diadem or tiara, with a jewel on the top, (Hody de
Graecis Illustribus, p. 31.) Yet another spectator confesses
that the Greek fashion was piu grave e piu degna than the
Italian. (Vespasiano in Vit. Eugen. IV. in Muratori, tom.
xxv. p. 261.)]