FASTI ROMANI ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE

Procopi Anecdota. After the 32 nd year of Justinian was
completed: c.18 p.55 BC the events which have happened
during the riot in Byzantium and in every city etc. in 32
years they did not wasted any time-they were working
disastrous between them. C.23 p.66 B it was customary
from the old times each of the Romans in power, not only
one time but many times the surplus of the public surplus
to be donated to everybody-he [sc. Justinianus] did not
make this gift to his subjects for 32 years. C.24 p.71 B the
man ruled the state this way-although 32 years were
already passed.
The fifth book of Agathias includes the events of this year:
see col. 2. He describes V.13 the barbarous excesses of the
Huns in their approach to CP. The forces of the empire
were so reduced c.13 p.157 B that instead of 645,000 men,
the requisite number, there scarcely remained 150,000: at
that time only hundred and fifty thousand (men) were
present-for the defense in Italy Africa Colchis Egypt and
the frontiers towards Persia. He marks c.14 the policy of
Justinian then about the end of the course of his life
(because he was already old) he thought to choose the
struggle, and he would rather confuse with his enemies by
-appeasing- corrupting them with gifts, than to achieve
same opinion (concord) and to risk everything. C.15 p.
159 C. The scholarii were men who had never seen service
admitted through favour into the corps: although they are
called soldiers and they registered, many of them are
privates and in showy attire. An abuse which Zeno began
after his return in 478: all the unwarlike ones were
appointed similarly not for their value but for (someone’s)
favor. Conf. Procop. Anecd. c.24 p.70 BC
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A.D. 1 CONSULS 2 EVENTS
Justiniani Novella 141 edict for committing lewd citizens of Constantinople.proponatur
Constantinopolitanis civibus nostris. Dat. Id. Martii CP. imp. D.N.
Justiniani PP> Aug. anno XXXII post Basilium V.C. cons.anno XVIII.