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Nor were the Pope's relations with the Ro- mans by any means happy. People and senate had acknowledged him under constraint, and the strife continued between the Republic and the Pope. The papal power was hated without being feared. Mur- murs were heard, and there were signs of an eruption, not only in the city but in the entire territory. Every place in Roman territory emulated the Lombards, Every one had its own municipality, with its consuls or other magistrates at its head. Many barons in T...uscany refused alike to acknowledge the Pope and to submit to the Roman senate. Schisms were inau- gurated on every side. Calixtus, the antipope, re- 28o Age of H tide brand. fused to obey the decisions of Venice, and Viterbo served him as a residence, where he was supported by the lords of Vico, among whom was the city pre- fect John. Out of hatred to Viterbo, the Romans resisted the imperial troops, led by Christian of Mainz, the Em- peror's plenipotentiary. Alexander was compelled by the strained relations between Christian and the Romans to retire again to Tusculum, where he had the gratification of receiving the submission of Calix- tus.
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