[Footnote 74: Of the first recovery of Rome, the year (536)
is certain, from the series of events, rather than from the
corrupt, or interpolated, text of Procopius. The month
(December) is ascertained by Evagrius, (l. iv. v. 19;) and
the day (the tenth) may be admitted on the slight evidence
of Nicephorus Callistus, (l. xvii. c. 13.) For this accurate
chronology, we are indebted to the diligence and judgment of
Pagi, (tom, ii. p. 659, 560.) Note: Compare Maltret's note,
in the edition of Dindorf the ninth is the day, according to
his reading, - M.]