History of the Wars, Books III and IV: The Vandalic War
Chapter 7
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The side toward the mountains; cf. ยง 20.
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In the late Empire the _excubitores_, 300 in number, constituted the select guard of the palace. Their commander, _comes excubitorum_, held high rank at court; cf. VIII. xxi. 1, where we are told that Belisarius held this position, and _Arcana_ 6. 10, where Justin, afterwards emperor, is mentioned.
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Cf. chap. viii. 14. Procopius has explained in III. xi. 6 that Solomon was a eunuch.
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See III. viii. 5.
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A _comes foedtratorum_, mentioned in III. xi. 6.
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