Note 015

says Constantine, (Thematibus, l. ii. c. vi.
p. 25,) in a style as barbarous as the idea, which he
confirms, as usual, by a foolish epigram. The epitomizer of
Strabo likewise observes,
(l. vii. p. 98, edit. Hudson. edit. Casaub. 1251;) a passage which leads Dodwell a weary
dance (Geograph, Minor. tom. ii. dissert. vi. p. 170 - 191)
to enumerate the inroads of the Sclavi, and to fix the date
(A.D. 980) of this petty geographer.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 53