475,) which contributed to the abolition of the tax, (Cedrenus, p.

35,)--a happy instance (if it be true) of the use of the theatre.] [Footnote 79: See Josua Stylites, in the Bibliotheca Orientalis of Asseman, (tom.p.

268.) This capitation tax is slightly mentioned in the Chronicle of Edessa.] [Footnote 80: Procopius (Anecdot.c.

19) fixes this sum from the report of the treasurers themselves.

Tiberias had vicies ter millies; but far different was his empire from that of Anastasius.] [Footnote 81: Evagrius, (l.iv.c.