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APPENDIX 531 8. AN INSCRIPTION OF THEODORIC— (P. 193) The iuscriptiou ou the draining of the Pomptine marshes by TheoJoric, preserved at Mesa, is as follows : D(ominus) n(oster) glrsmus [= gloriosissinius] a<lq(uo) inclyt{us) rex Theoderi- cus vict(or) ac triumf(ator), semper Aug(ustus), bono r(ei) p(ublicae) natus, ciistos libertatis et propagator Rom(ani) uom(inis), domitor gtium [— gentium] Decen- novii ' viae Appiae id (est) a Trip(outio) iisq(ue) Tarric(iuam) iter et loca quae confluentib(us) ab utraq(ue) parte palud(ibus) per omn(es) retro princip(es) inund- averant" Usui iJub(li)co et securitate [leg. — ati, Mommsen] viantium admiranda propitio deo felic(ita)te restituit ; operi iniuncto naviter insudante adq(ue) clementissimi princip(is) feliciter deserviente p(rae) coniis ex prosapie Deciorum Caec(ina) Mav(ortio ?) Basiho Decio v(iro) c(larissimo) et ill(ustri) ex p(nefecto) u(i-bi) ex p(raefecto) p(raetorio), ex cons(ule) ord(inario) pat(rioio), qui ad perpetu- andam tanti domini gloriam per plurimos qui non ante [furraiit suppl. Momm- sen] albeos deducta in mare aqua ignotae atavis et nimis antiquae reddidit siccitati. See Corp. Inscr. Lat., X., p. 690 sqq. 9. JUSTINIAN'S POSITION IN JUSTIN'S REIGN— (P- '^07, 208) Procoi)ius in his Secret Historii ascribes to Justinian supreme influence in |)olitical affairs during the whole reign of Ids uncle Justin, and even dates the beginning of Justinian's rule from a.d. 518, as has been shown bj' Haury (Procopiana, 1891). In this connexion it may l)e i)ointed out that the Codex Ara- brosianus, G. 14 sup. (= Cod. Pinellianus) preserves in c. 19 a notice which does not occur in the Mss. on which the text ot Alemannus is based. It is given by M. Krasheninnikov in a pajier on the Mss. of the Secret History (in Viz. Vremenn. ii. p. 4iJl). After the words (Siaxoo-ia xaV rpicrxiAia xpvcrov Kevr-qvapia the original text of Procopius proceeded : h- Srnxoa-io} aKoKiirelv eirl (xerroi 'lovfTTirov irrt ivi'ia riji' avTOKpiiropn. apx'Ji' t'xofTo; tovtov 'louo-xiriaroO fuyxvo-iV Tf Ka'i aKoa-fiCav t)) TToAtreia Trpoa-Tpujjaixci'ov TtTOaKKTXiA.ia Kei'Trji-opta k.t.A. Panchenko (Viz. Vrem. iii. j). 104) calls attention to the statement of Leontius of Byzantium (cp. Loofs, Leontius, p. 146 ; Migne, P. G. 8(3, 1229) : dn-oeai/oi'Tos &k 'Avaa-Tacriov yii'erai ^ao-iAtus 'loucrxn'os 6 7rpa)7o? (tai w? p.e T a t v a rj /j.!. <T v ti'iavTov ev e oii 'lovtTTU'iaioi. toutou &e ^o<TtXevorTO? . . . o 2e^i)po5 (/)tv-/et ei? xiji' 'AKe^di'Speiav. Does the date refer to the position of Justinian after the death of Vitalian, A.D. 5'iO? In regard to the death of Vitalian, it has been urged for Justinian that his guilt rests on the evidence of the Secret History, Evagrius, and Victor Tonn. ; that Victor does not vouch himself for the charge against Justinian (his words arc: Justiniani ])atriciifactioned;ctfMr interfcctus esse), and that Evagrius derived his information from the Secret History ; thus the statements of the Secret History would be practically unsui)ported. See Loofs, Lcontinx von IhrMnz, ]>. 259. There is no jnoof, however, that Evagrius knew the Secret History ; it is certain that Vitalian was slain iih the Palace (John Malal., p. 412) ; and we may, with I'anchenko (Viz. Vrem. iii., p. 102), ascribe some slight weight to the principle cut profuit. 10. 'I'HE DEMES OF CONSTANTINOPLE-(P. 220) The view of Gibbon that the popular dissensions of the dcmex (S^p-oi.) or pen-tin (ixcpr,) which distracted Constantinople, Antioch, and otlier cities of the East in 1 This name seems to 'nave been then applied to the whole marsh from Triponlium to Tarracina (Mommsen). ' — Sub aqua fuerunt (Mommsen).