Note 081 Evagrius, (l. iv. c. 30,) in the next generation, was moderate and well informed; and Zonaras, (l. xiv. c. 61,) in the xiith century, had read with care, and thought without prejudice; yet their colors are almost as black as those of the anecdotes.]

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