[Footnote29:ItisthereforesingularenoughthatPaull。iii。
c。15shoulddistinguishhimasthefirstGreekemperor—primusexGraecorumgenereinImperioconstitutus。HisimmediatepredecessorshadindeedbeenbornintheLatinprovincesofEurope:andavariousreading，inGraecorumImperio，wouldapplytheexpressiontotheempireratherthantheprince。]
[Footnote30:Consult，forthecharacterandreignofMaurice，thefifthandsixthbooksofEvagrius，particularlyl。vi。c。l；
theeightbooksofhisprolixandfloridhistorybyTheophylactSimocatta；Theophanes，p。213，&c。；Zonaras，tom。ii。l。xiv。p。
73；Cedrenus，p。394。]