Note 088 On these judicial orations, Agathias (l. iii. p. 81 - 89, l. iv. p. 108 - 119) lavishes eighteen or twenty pages of false and florid rhetoric. His ignorance or carelessness overlooks the strongest argument against the king of Lazica - his former revolt.
Note: The Orations in the third book of Agathias are not judicial, nor delivered before the Roman tribunal: it is a deliberative debate among the Colchians on the expediency of adhering to the Roman, or embracing the Persian alliance. - M]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 42