History of the Wars, Books V and VI: The Gothic War

by Procopius

FOOTNOTES:

[117] "No doubt these are the same as the Regii, one of the seventeen 'Auxilia Palatina' under the command of the Magister Militum Praesentalis, mentioned in the Notitia Orientis, chap. v."—Hodgkin.

[118] Murus Ruptus. "Here, to this day, notwithstanding some lamentable and perfectly unnecessary 'restorations' of recent years, may be seen some portions of the Muro Torto, a twisted, bulging, overhanging mass of opus reticulatum."—Hodgkin.

[119] Chap. [xxii. 10].

[120] The exact location is hard to determine; the majority of the authorities agree on the location given in the plan (opposite [p. 185]), near the Porta Labicana.

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