Iliad, iv. 124-125
[14] Procopius de Bello Gotthico, i. c. 18.
[15] Procopius de Bello Gotthico, i. c. 21.
[16] Ibid. 28-29.
[17] This singular military manœuvre was repeated more than once by Roman generals, and shows how admirably the troops were drilled in what are called the degenerate days of the Roman armies.—(Finlay's Greece under the Romans, p. 246.)
[18] The best edition of the works of Procopius is that published at Bonn in the new Corpus Scriptorum Byzantinæ Historiæ commenced under the auspices of Niebuhr. It is edited by W. Dindorff, and contains a corrected text with various readings, and a reprint of the notes of Alemanni on the Secret History. 3 vols. 8vo. 1833-8.
[19] Procopius de Bello Vandalico, ii. c. 9.
[20] Procopius de Bello Gotthico, ii. c. 28. Βασιλια τ*ϛ Εσπιριαϛ βελισαριοϛ α*ειπειν εγιωσαν
[21] Life of Belisarius, p. 1.
[22] Decline and Fall, vol. vii. 161.