[Footnote 70: In the Sclavonic tongue, the name of
Peristhlaba implied the great or illustrious city, says Anna
Comnena, (Alexiad, l. vii. p. 194.) From its position
between Mount Haemus and the Lower Danube, it appears to
fill the ground, or at least the station, of Marcianopolis.
The situation of Durostolus, or Dristra, is well known and
conspicuous, (Comment. Academ. Petropol. tom. ix. p. 415,
416. D'Anville, Geographie Ancienne, tom. i. p. 307, 311.)]