ASpartanwouldhavepraisedandpitiedthevirtueoftheseheroicslaves；butthetediouswarfareandalternatesuccessoftheRomanandPersianarmscannotdetaintheattentionofposterityatthefootofMountCaucasus。TheadvantagesobtainedbythetroopsofJustinianweremorefrequentandsplendid；buttheforcesofthegreatkingwerecontinuallysupplied，tilltheyamountedtoeightelephantsandseventythousandmen，includingtwelvethousandScythianallies，andabovethreethousandDilemites，whodescendedbytheirfreechoicefromthehillsofHyrcania，andwereequallyformidableincloseorindistantcombat。ThesiegeofArchaeopolis，anameimposedorcorruptedbytheGreeks，wasraisedwithsomelossandprecipitation；butthePersiansoccupiedthepassesofIberia:Colchoswasenslavedbytheirfortsandgarrisons；theydevouredthescantysustenanceofthepeople；andtheprinceoftheLazifledintothemountains。IntheRomancamp，faithanddisciplinewereunknown；

　　andtheindependentleaders，whowereinvestedwithequalpower，disputedwitheachotherthepreeminenceofviceandcorruption。

　　ThePersiansfollowed，withoutamurmur，thecommandsofasinglechief，whoimplicitlyobeyedtheinstructionsoftheirsupremelord。TheirgeneralwasdistinguishedamongtheheroesoftheEastbyhiswisdomincouncil，andhisvalorinthefield。TheadvancedageofMermeroes，andthelamenessofbothhisfeet，couldnotdiminishtheactivityofhismind，orevenofhisbody；

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