^5andtheagedemperoradoptedthetalentsandambitionofhisnephewJustinian，anaspiringyouth，whomhisunclehaddrawnfromtherusticsolitudeofDacia，andeducatedatConstantinople，astheheirofhisprivatefortune，andatlengthoftheEasternempire。
[Footnote1:ThereissomedifficultyinthedateofhisbirthLudewiginVit。Justiniani，p。125；noneintheplace—thedistrictBederiana—thevillageTauresium，whichheafterwardsdecoratedwithhisnameandsplendor，D\'Anville，Hist。del\'Acad。&c。，tom。xxxi。p。287—292。]
[Footnote2:ThenamesoftheseDardanianpeasantsareGothic，andalmostEnglish:Justinianisatranslationofuprauda，upright；hisfatherSabatiusinGraeco—barbarouslanguagestipeswasstyledinhisvillageIstock，Stock；hismotherBiglenizawassoftenedintoVigilantia。]
[Footnote3:Ludewigp。127—135attemptstojustifytheAniciannameofJustinianandTheodora，andtoconnectthemwithafamilyfromwhichthehouseofAustriahasbeenderived。]
[Footnote4:SeetheanecdotesofProcopius，c。6，withthenotesofN。Alemannus。Thesatiristwouldnothavesunk，inthevagueanddecentappellationofZonaras。Yetwhyarethosenamesdisgraceful?—andwhatGermanbaronwouldnotbeproudtodescendfromtheEumaeusoftheOdyssey!