[316] Nov. xxiv, 3; ciii, 1, etc. Probably they were so intent on embezzlement that they did not trouble about the externals of office.
[317] As "Proconsul Justinianus Cappadociae"; Nov. xxx, 5.
[318] The Vicar of Asia became Count of Phrygia Pacatiana; V. of Pontus, Count of Galatia I; Nov. viii, 2, 3; V. of Thrace, Praetor of Thrace; Nov. xxvi. The Vicar of Macedonia is not accounted for; perhaps his office was in abeyance owing to barbarian inroads.
[319] Nov. viii, 5.
[320] Edict xiii, praef. et seq.
[321] Nov. viii, praef., 17.
[322] Ibid.; Nov. xxiv, 1; xxv, 2, etc. His favourite and frequent expression.
[323] Nov. viii, 8; xvii, 1; xxv, 2, etc. The salaries allotted seem to be very small, e.g., Praetor of Pisidia, sol. 300 (£165), Count of Isauria, sol. 200 (£115), but the Moderator of Helenopontus gets sol. 725 (£410), the Proconsul of Cappadocia, 20 lb. of gold (£800), and for Palestine, the same.
[324] Nov. xvii, 5; xxiv, 1: xxv, 2.
[325] Nov. xxviii, 5; xxix, 4; xxx, 8, etc. Loss of the hands might also be inflicted.