[492] See Alemannus, op. cit., p. 397 et seq. He has made out a complete list of every place or thing distinguished by the names of one or other of the royal partners.
[493] Procopius, op. cit., ii, 3, 6, 7, 8; v, 2, 4, 5. The preservation of Palmyra, which seems to have been on the road to effacement, demanded a great deal of attention; Ibid., ii, 11; Malala, p. 425.
[494] Procopius, op. cit., ii, 7.
[495] Ibid., v, 3. The bridge exists, spanning a dry valley, and is figured in Texier's Asie Mineure (copied in Diehl's Justinian).
[496] Notitia, Reg. xiv; Chron. Paschal., an. 528. It had twelve arches; Codinus, p. 30, etc.
[497] Procopius, op. cit., ii, 5.
[498] Ibid., 1 (Texier and Pullan, op. cit., p. 57).
[499] Ibid., iv, 4, 11. These protective castles consisted of a wall about seven feet thick and from thirty to forty feet high, to which towers were attached externally of nearly double the height. Most frequently the space enclosed was a quadrangle of about one hundred feet, but might be much larger and of irregular shape. They have been studied mostly in French Africa, where numbers are still found in good preservation. A large portion of Diehl's Afrique Byzantine is occupied with a minute description of them, accompanied by views, plans, etc.
[500] Procopius, op. cit., iv, 2, 10.
[501] See pp. 124, 164.