Note 072 For the character of Tribonian, see the testimonies of Procopius, (Persic. l. i. c. 23, 24. Anecdot. c. 13, 20,) and Suidas, (tom. iii. p. 501, edit. Kuster.) Ludewig (in Vit. Justinian, p. 175 - 209) works hard, very hard, to whitewash - the blackamoor.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 44