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called Nicopolis, as Prevesa , 1 and in Hungary ; 2 butthis Nicopolis was the ancient Emmaus . 3 The pre-sent may be in the immediate vicinity of the samespot; but otherwise no vestige of its predecessor . 4

Besides the Pilgrim Castle near Tripoli, the Tem-plars built another of nearly that name betweenCaiphas and Cesarea, of which the ruins still exist.This was a very strong fortress, an outwork ofMount Thabor, and the road to Jerusalem, andwas once called Detroit. It fell after Acre . 5 6 Itsfoundations were an old tower that had long be-longed to the order of the Temple, and was on thesea-side ; 8 and in the new erection they were as-sisted by various pilgrims and the German Hos-pitallers. Many antiquities, and ancient coins, andtreasures were found in digging the mountain.The Templars built also a Castle in Acre, the chief 7there.

Thus miserable outcasts filled Christendom withtheir doleful tales, and increased the poverty of

1 Eusebii Chron.

2 Bosio.—Tei'tot: vi. 322.—Michaud : Hist., v. 210. Bib.Crois., iii. 157.

( 3 Seb. Paoli: Osservazioni, ii. 591.

4 Appendix, ciii.

5 Sanuti.—Bib. Crois., i. 195.

6 Pantaleone: Chron.—Bib. Crois., iii. 21, and i. 427

7 Yitri: Letters.—Cologne Chron.—Bib. Crois., iii. 136.