[Footnote 88: The great plague which raged in 542 and the
following years (Pagi, Critica, tom. ii. p. 518) must be
traced in Procopius, (Persic. l. ii. c. 22, 23,) Agathias,
(l. v. p. 153, 154,) Evagrius, (l. iv. c. 29,) Paul
Diaconus, (l. ii. c. iv. p. 776, 777,) Gregory of Tours,
(tom. ii. l. iv. c. 5, p 205,) who styles it Lues
Inguinaria, and the Chronicles of Victor Tunnunensis, (p. 9,
in Thesaur. Temporum,) of Marcellinus, (p. 54,) and of
Theophanes, (p. 153.)]