[The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
CHAPTER XLIII: Last Victory And Death Of Belisarius, Death Of Justinian
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St.Martin, vol.ix.
p.
408--420 .-- M] [Footnote 61: In the decay of these military schools, the satire of Procopius (Anecdot.c.24, Aleman.p.102, 103) is confirmed and illustrated by Agathias, (l.v.p.
159,) who cannot be rejected as a hostile witness.] [Footnote 62: The distance from Constantinople to Melanthias, Villa Caesariana, (Ammian.Marcellin.xxx.
11,) is variously fixed at 102 or 140 stadia, (Suidas, tom.ii.p.522, 523.
Agathias, l.v.p.
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