351—382，onthebaggageandsubsistenceoftheRomanarmies。]
[Footnote84:TheTigrisrisestothesouth，theEuphratestothenorth，oftheArmenianmountains。TheformeroverflowsinMarch，thelatterinJuly。ThesecircumstancesarewellexplainedintheGeographicalDissertationofFoster，insertedinSpelman\'sExpeditionofCyras，vol。ii。p。26。]
[Footnote85:Ammianusxxiv。8describes，ashehadfelt，theinconveniencyoftheflood，theheat，andtheinsects。ThelandsofAssyria，oppressedbytheTurks，andravagedbytheCurdsorArabs，yieldanincreaseoften，fifteen，andtwentyfold，fortheseedwhichiscastintothegroundbythewretchedandunskillfulhusbandmen。VoyagedeNiebuhr，tom。ii。p。279，285。]
[Footnote86:IsidoreofCharaxMansion。Parthic。p。5，6，inHudson，Geograph。Minor。tom。ii。reckons129schaenifromSeleucia，andThevenot，parti。l。i。ii。p。209—245，128hoursofmarchfromBagdadtoEcbatana，orHamadan。Thesemeasurescannotexceedanordinaryparasang，orthreeRomanmiles。]
[Footnote87:ThemarchofJulianfromCtesiphoniscircumstantially，butnotclearly，describedbyAmmianus，xxiv。