cv.,) dated at Constantinople, July 5, and addressed to Strategius, treasurer of the empire.] [Footnote 158: Procopius, in Anecdot.c.26.Aleman.p.

106.

In the xviiith year after the consulship of Basilius, according to the reckoning of Marcellinus, Victor, Marius, &c., the secret history was composed, and, in the eyes of Procopius, the consulship was finally abolished.] [Footnote 159: By Leo, the philosopher, (Novell.xciv.

A.D.

886-911.) See Pagi (Dissertat.