Note 051 Some of the cruelties of Phocas are marked by Theophylact, l. viii. c. 13, 14, 15. George of Pisidia, the poet of Heraclius, styles him (Bell. Avaricum, p. 46, Rome, 1777)
The latter epithet is just — but the corrupter of life was easily vanquished.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 46