[286] Chron. Paschal., loc. cit.; with less detail by Malala, p. 475.
[287] The coronation, etc., of Hypatius is told most circumstantially by Procopius (loc. cit.), but some further details are to be found in the briefer accounts of the later chronographists.
[288] Chron. Paschal., loc. cit.
[289] Ibid.; Theophanes, loc. cit.
[290] The eximious conduct of Theodora on this occasion is known to us through Procopius only (loc. cit.), but nevertheless I accept it frankly, and do not attempt to argue its improbability; cf. M. Ducas, p. 495 ("καλὸν ἐντάφιον ἡ τύραννιζ"; Isocrates, Archidamus, 44; "Βασιλεία"; Procopius).
[291] Procopius, loc. cit.
[292] Jn. Malala, p. 476; Chron. Paschal., loc. cit., etc. Procopius seems to know nothing of the part played by Narses, although he was possibly in the Palace with Belisarius all the time.
[293] Two hundred and fifty of the Greens, armed and mailed; Chron. Paschal. and Theophanes, loc. cit.
[294] Procopius, loc. cit.; some of the others make it more.
[295] Procopius, loc. cit. Generally assumed to be nephews of Justinian ex fratre ignoto. Procopius alone seems to know of the assistance they rendered, or the exact details of the attack in general.