65. Procopius (de Bell. Vandal. l. i. c. iii. p. 182 [ed.
Paris; tom. i. p. 319, ed. Bonn]) has observed an emigration
from the Palus Maeotis to the north of Germany, which he
ascribes to famine. But his views of ancient history are
strangely darkened by ignorance and error.