[711] Cod., XII, xxxiv, 6, 7.
[712] Olympiodorus, p. 450; Novel., Theod., xx; Procopius, De Bel. Vand., i, 11; De Bel. Goth., iv, 5, etc.
[713] Cod., IV, lxv, 35; Novel., cxvii, 11; cf. Benjamin, Berlin Dissert., 1892.
[714] Procopius, De Bel. Vand., i, 2, 3; Agathias, ii, 7, 9, etc. There were no true allies of the Empire at this time, although all those who fought for her may not have been technically Foederati; cf. Mommsen, op. cit., pp. 217, 272.
[715] The name defines them as “biscuit-eaters,” in allusion to their being maintained at the table of their lord.
[716] Benjamin’s essay is written to oppose this view which is favoured by Mommsen; op. cit., in both cases.
[717] Procopius, De Bel. Vand., ii, 18.
[718] Ibid., De Bel. Pers., i, 25; De Bel. Goth., iii, 1, etc.
[719] Ibid., De Bel. Vand., i, 17; ii, 19, etc.
[720] Cod., IX, xii, 10.