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286.)] [Footnote 19: Strabo, l.viii.p.517.Plin.

Hist.Natur.iv.

3.
Wheeler, p.308.Chandler, p.275.They measured from different points the distance between the two lands.] A Grecian philosopher, [20] who visited Constantinople soon after the death of Theodosius, published his liberal opinions concerning the duties of kings, and the state of the Roman republic.

Synesius observes, and deplores, the fatal abuse, which the imprudent bounty of the late emperor had introduced into the military service.