[Footnote 15: Says Constantine, (Thematibus, l. ii. c. vi.
p. 25,) in a style as barbarous as the idea, which he
confirms, as usual, by a foolish epigram. The epitomizer of
Strabo likewise observes, (l. vii. p. 98, edit. Hudson.
edit. Casaub. 1251;) a passage which leads Dodwell a weary
dance (Geograph, Minor. tom. ii. dissert. vi. p. 170 - 191)
to enumerate the inroads of the Sclavi, and to fix the date
(A.D. 980) of this petty geographer.]