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1、HistoryoftheWars/BookII1HistoryoftheWars/BookIIINotlongafterthisChosroes,uponlearningthatBelisariushadbeguntowinItalyalsofortheEmperorJustinian,wasnolongerabletorestrainhisthoughtsbuthewishedtodiscoverpretexts,inorderthathemightbreakthetreatyonsomegroundswhichwouldseemplausible.Andheco
2、nferredwithAlamoundarasconcerningthismatterandcommandedhimtoprovidecausesforwar.SoAlamoundarasbroughtagainstArethas,thechargethathe,Arethas,wasdoinghimviolenceinamatterofboundarylines,andheenteredintoconflictwithhimintimeofpeace,andbegantooverrunthelandoftheRomansonthispretext.Andhedec
3、laredthat,asforhim,hewasnotbreakingthetreatybetweenthePersiansandRomans,forneitheroneofthemhadincludedhiminit.Andthiswastrue.FornomentionofSaracenswasevermadeintreaties,onthegroundthattheywereincludedunderthenamesofPersiansandRomans.Nowthiscountrywhichatthattimewasclaimedbybothtribesof
4、Saracens[1]iscalledStrata,andextendstothesouthofthecityofPalmyra;nowheredoesitproduceasingletreeoranyoftheusefulgrowthofcorn-lands,foritisburnedexceedinglydrybythesun,butfromofoldithasbeendevotedtothepasturageofsomefewflocks.NowArethasmaintainedthattheplacebelongedtotheRomans,provinghi
5、sassertionbythenamewhichhaslongbeenappliedtoitbyall(forStratasignifies"apavedroad"intheLatintongue),andhealsoadducedthetestimoniesofmenoftheoldesttimes.Alamoundaras,however,wasbynomeansinclinedtoquarrelconcerningthename,butheclaimedthattributehadbeengivenhimfromofoldforthepasturagether
6、ebytheownersoftheflocks.TheEmperorJustinianthereforeentrustedthesettlementofthedisputedpointstoStrategius;apatricianandadministratoroftheroyaltreasures,andbesidesamanofwisdomandofgoodancestry,andwithhimSummus,whohadcommandedthetroopsinPalestine.ThisSummuswasthebrotherofJulian,whonotlon
7、gbeforehadservedasenvoytotheAethiopiansandHomeritae.Andtheoneofthem,Summus,insistedthattheRomansoughtnottosurrenderthecountry,butStrategiusbeggedoftheemperorthatheshouldnotdothePersiansthefavourofprovidingthemwithpretextsforthewarwhichtheyalreadydesired,forthesakeofasmallbitoflandand
