Note 159 How much is the cool, rational evidence of Polybius (l. vi. p. 693, l. xxxi. p. 1459, 1460) superior to vague, indiscriminate applause - omnium maxime et praecipue fidem coluit, (A. Gellius, xx. l.)]

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