Mediæval and modern history . e southerly route through Dalmatia. Othercompanies climbed the Alps, crossed the Adriatic, and thenresumed their journey by land. Upon the arrival of the crusaders at Constantinople, theemperor tried to persuade their leaders to swear fealty to himas their overlord. This they at first refused to do ; but finally,by means of flattery and bribes, he induced all the princes topay him homage. But the homage thus paid was rather inform than in spirit, for the hardy warriors of the West heldthe effeminate Greeks in ill-concealed contempt. 198. Capture of Nicaea (1097);

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Mediæval and modern history . e southerly route through Dalmatia. Othercompanies climbed the Alps, crossed the Adriatic, and thenresumed their journey by land. Upon the arrival of the crusaders at Constantinople, theemperor tried to persuade their leaders to swear fealty to himas their overlord. This they at first refused to do ; but finally,by means of flattery and bribes, he induced all the princes topay him homage. But the homage thus paid was rather inform than in spirit, for the hardy warriors of the West heldthe effeminate Greeks in ill-concealed contempt. 198. Capture of Nicaea (1097); March across Asia Minor;Capture of Antioch (1098). —Once across the Bosporus, thecrusaders straightway laid siege to the Turkish capital Nicaea,and in a short time forced its capitulation. The place, how-ever, did not come into the possession of any Frankish prince,but was restored to the Eastern empire. After the reduction of Nicaea the Christian army, marchingin two divisions in order the better to secure food and forage,.

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