58. Sozomen, 1. ii. c. 3. Philostorg. 1. ii. c. 9. Codin.
Antiquitat. Const. p. 8 [p. 16, ed. Bonn]. It appears by
Socrates, 1. ii. c. 13, that the daily allowance of the city
consisted of eight myriads of ****, which we may either
translate, with Valesius, by the words modii of corn, or
consider as expressive of the number of loaves of bread.