Note 053 Marcellinus says in general terms, innumeris populis in circotrucidatis. Procopius numbers 30,000 victims: and the 35,000 of Theophanes are swelled to 40,000 by the more recent Zonaras. Such is the usual progress of exaggeration.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 40