[Footnote 52: Agathias (l. ii. p. 47) has produced a Greek
epigram of six lines on this victory of Narses, which a
favorably compared to the battles of Marathon and Plataea.
The chief difference is indeed in their consequences - so
trivial in the former instance - so permanent and glorious
in the latter. Note: Not in the epigram, but in the previous
observations - M.]