[Footnote20:ForthelifeandmannersoftheempressTheodoraseetheAnecdotes；moreespeciallyc。1—5，9，10—15，16，17，withthelearnednotesofAlemannus—areferencewhichisalwaysimplied。]
[Footnote21:ComitowasafterwardsmarriedtoSittas，dukeofArmenia，thefather，perhaps，atleastshemightbethemother，oftheempressSophia。TwonephewsofTheodoramaybethesonsofAnastasia，Aleman。p。30，31。]
[Footnote22:HerstatutewasraisedatConstantinople，onaporphyrycolumn。SeeProcopius，deEdif。l。i。c。11，whogivesherportraitintheAnecdotes，c。10。Aleman。p。47producesonefromaMosaicatRavenna，loadedwithpearlsandjewels，andyethandsome。]
[Footnote23:AfragmentoftheAnecdotes，c。9，somewhattoonaked，wassuppressedbyAlemannus，thoughextantintheVaticanMs。；norhasthedefectbeensuppliedintheParisorVeniceeditions。LaMotheleVayertom。viii。p。155gavethefirsthintofthiscuriousandgenuinepassage，Jortin\'sRemarks，vol。
iv。p。366，whichhehadreceivedfromRome，andithasbeensincepublishedintheMenagianatom。iii。p。254—259withaLatinversion。]