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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Charact Of Balisarius
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[74] [Footnote 71: The Decennovium is strangely confounded by Cluverius (tom.
ii.p.

1007) with the River Ufens.

It was in truth a canal of nineteen miles, from Forum Appii to Terracina, on which Horace embarked in the night.

The Decennovium, which is mentioned by Lucan, Dion Cassius, and Cassiodorus, has been sufficiently ruined, restored, and obliterated, (D'Anville, Anayse de l'Italie, p.

185, &c.)] [Footnote 72: A Jew, gratified his contempt and hatred for all the Christians, by enclosing three bands, each of ten hogs, and discriminated by the names of Goths, Greeks, and Romans.


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