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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XLI: Conquests Of Justinian, Charact Of Balisarius
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54) hints at the guilt of perjury, and blames at least the imprudence of Datius.] [Footnote 99: St.Datius was more successful against devils than against Barbarians.

He travelled with a numerons retinue, and occupied at Corinth a large house.

(Baronius, A.D.538, No.

89, A.D.539, No.

20.)] [Footnote 100: (Compare Procopius, Goth.l.ii.c.7, 21.) Yet such population is incredible; and the second or third city of Italy need not repine if we only decimate the numbers of the present text Both Milan and Genoa revived in less than thirty years, (Paul Diacon de Gestis Langobard.l.ii.c.


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