[236] See pp. 158 et seq., 198 et seq.
[237] Nov. xxiv, 3; xxv, 4; xxvi, 4. They are enumerated as "repairs, of walls, roads, statues, bridges, harbours, and aqueducts; clearing of public sites, demolition of buildings improperly located, and laying out of gardens."
[238] Jn. Lydus (loc. cit., 58) describes the doings of Maxilloplumacius in this respect also, comparing him to Phalaris for cruelty, to Busiris as a slayer of guests, and to Sardanapalus for luxury and licentiousness. The institution of slavery and the absence of a Habeas Corpus under a despotic government opened the door to most of this infamy.
[239] Nov. xxiv, 1. This applies to Pisidia, where the natives are characterized as being peculiarly bloodthirsty and rebellious.
[240] Nov. cxxxiv, 13. He points out that mutilation of the feet, by interfering with locomotion, is a much severer penalty than removing the hands and forbids it (against Constantine, who ordained it in the case of fugitive slaves; Cod. VI, i, 3).
[241] Jn. Lydus, loc. cit., 66.
[242] Procopius, Anecd., 25.
[243] Ibid.
[244] Nov. xliii.
[245] Ibid.