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hetorician or sophist at Constantinople, and the statement that he was a native of that city may have arisen from that circumstance. Works History of Byzantium According to Suidas and Eudocia, he wrote a history extending from the reign of Constantine to that of Anastasius; but the work in seven books, of which Photius has given an account (Bibl. cod. 78), and to which he gives the title *Buzantai+ka/, comprehended only the period from the final sickness of the Eastern emperor Leo I. (A. D. 473 or 474), to the death of Nepos, emperor of the West (A. D. 480). It has been supposed that this was an extract from the work mentioned by Suidas, or a mutilated copy: that it was incomplete is attested by Photitis himself, who says that the commencement of the first of the seven books showed that the author had already written some previous portions, and that the close of the seventh book showed his intention of carrying it further, if his life was spared. Some eminent critics, among whom
he was a native of that city may have arisen from that circumstance. Works History of Byzantium According to Suidas and Eudocia, he wrote a history extending from the reign of Constantine to that of Anastasius; but the work in seven books, of which Photius has given an account (Bibl. cod. 78), and to which he gives the title *Buzantai+ka/, comprehended only the period from the final sickness of the Eastern emperor Leo I. (A. D. 473 or 474), to the death of Nepos, emperor of the West (A. D. 480). It has been supposed that this was an extract from the work mentioned by Suidas, or a mutilated copy: that it was incomplete is attested by Photitis himself, who says that the commencement of the first of the seven books showed that the author had already written some previous portions, and that the close of the seventh book showed his intention of carrying it further, if his life was spared. Some eminent critics, among whom is Valesius (Not. in Excerpt. de Legat.), have thought that the