On Buildings

Theoph. I 93, 31: Proc. I 320. Theoph. I 94, 9: Proc. I 311, 5.
Theoph. I 95, 2: Proc. I 322. Theoph. I 104, 23: Proc. I 324.
Theoph. I 116, 6: Proc. I 335. Theoph. 116, 13: Proc. I 338.
Theoph. I 118, 12: Proc. I 340. And in these places, indeed,
Theophanes very rarely uses the same words as
Procopius (cf. C. de Boor in B. Z. 2 (1893) p. 205), but often
follows Procopius word for word I 186, 26—216.
I 219—222 and since he writes I 186, 26 about Huneric,
we understand that he uses many of the expressions of
Procopius regarding the same material, which is treated
first by Euagrius (IV 14) transcribing the books of
Procopius on the Vandalic War. From this I conjecture two things:
first, that Euagrius (IV 14) passed over the things related by Procopius
(I 307—344) because he knew that Procopius did not
explain them first, but had drawn them from other
writers known to him; second, that Theophanes does not
expound those same things with the same words as Procopius
because he did not draw them from Procopius, but from the same sources
from which Procopius had drawn them, and because Procopius, who
imitated the style of ancient writers, changed the context of
his sources, which we saw above when comparing the fragments
of Priscus with Procopius.

That Theophanes, in the places which I cited above, did not
use Procopius or the compiler of Procopius, we can also
demonstrate by employing Nicephorus Callistus. For he
agrees so very often with Theophanes that it is obvious
they used the same source. Come, let us compare these places: