Note 3 — Chapter III · JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA [525-548 A.D.]
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Marcellinusn says in general terms: Innumeris populis in circo trucidatis. Procopius numbers 30,000 victims; and the 35,000 of Theophanes are swelled to 40,000 by the more recent Zonaras. Such is the usual progress of exaggeration.