9/44 64.)] [Footnote 82: John Malala, Chron.tom.ii.p. 134--137 Theophanes, p. p.103.The fact is authentic, but the date seems too recent. In speaking of their Persian alliance, the Lazi contemporaries of Justinian employ the most obsolete words, &c. Could they belong to a connection which had not been dissolved above twenty years ?] But this honorable connection was soon corrupted by the avarice and ambition of the Romans. |