, which we may either translate, with Valesius, by the words modii of corn, or consider as expressive of the number of loaves of bread.
Sozomen, 1. ii. c. 3. Philostorg. 1. ii. c. 9. Codin. Antiquitat. Const. p. 8 [p. 16, ed. Bonn]. It appears by
Socrates, 1. ii. c. 13, that the daily allowance of the city consisted of eight myriads of
, which we may either translate, with Valesius, by the words modii of corn, or consider as expressive of the number of loaves of bread.