19. Priscus, p. 331. His history contained a copious and
elegant account of the war (Evagrius, 1. i. c. 17); but the
extracts which relate to the embassies are the only parts
that have reached our times. The original work was
accessible, however, to the writers from whom we borrow our
imperfect knowledge, Jornandes, Theophanes, Count
Marcellinus, Prosper-Tyro, and the author of the
Alexandrian, or Paschal, Chronicle. M. de Buat (Hist. des
Peuples de l'Europe, tom. vii. c. xv.) has examined the
cause, the circumstances, and the duration of this war; and
will not allow it to extend beyond the year four hundred and
forty-four.