[256] Malala and Theophanes, loc. cit. According to the latter they were strung up a second time, and again fell.
[257] Jn. Malala, p. 474.
[258] Procopius, De Bel. Pers., i, 24; Malala, loc. cit., etc.
[259] Theophanes, loc. cit.
[260] Malala and Theophanes. loc. cit.; cf. Procopius and Chron. Paschal., loc. cit.
[261] Procopius, loc. cit.
[262] Ibid.
[263] Chron. Paschal, and Theophanes, loc. cit.
[264] Jn. Malala, loc. cit.; Zonaras, xiv, 6.
[265] Procopius, Malala, and Chron. Paschal., loc. cit.