[196] Cod., I, xvii (Tanta and Dedit nobis, 17), or Pand., praef.
[197] He affected to live in apprehension that Justinian would be suddenly snatched up to heaven on account of his more than mortal virtue, like Elijah said the Christians, like Romulus thought the Pagans; Procopius, Anecd., 13; Hesychius, De Vir. Illust., 67; Suidas, loc. cit.
[198] Hesychius and Suidas, loc. cit. The statement is doubted, but Hesychius was a contemporary.
[199] Procopius, De Bel. Pers., i, 25; Anecd., 20; Suidas, loc. cit.
[200] Procopius, Anecd., 14.
[201] Ibid.
[202] Procopius, Anecd., 14. A referendary named Leon is said to have first opened his eyes as to the feasibility of selling his decisions and to have leagued with him for that purpose. Tribonian seems to have made his chicanery profitable to himself alone.
[203] Procopius, De Bel. Pers., i, 24.
[204] Jn. Lydus, De Magistr., iii, 57.
[205] Ibid.