[Footnote 1: For the troubles of Africa, I neither have nor
desire another guide than Procopius, whose eye contemplated
the image, and whose ear collected the reports, of the
memorable events of his own times. In the second book of
the Vandalic war he relates the revolt of Stoza, (c. 14 -
24,) the return of Belisarius, (c. 15,) the victory of
Germanus, (c. 16, 17, 18,) the second administration of
Solomon, (c. 19, 20, 21,) the government of Sergius, (c. 22,
23,) of Areobindus, (c. 24,) the tyranny and death of
Gontharis, (c. 25, 26, 27, 28;) nor can I discern any
symptoms of flattery or malevolence in his various
portraits.]