For the character of Tribonian, see the testimonies of Procopius (Persic. l. i. c. 23, 24. Anecdot. c. 13, 20.) , and Suidas (tom. iii. p. 501, edit. Kuster.). Ludewig (in Vit. Justinian, p. 175 - 209) works hard, very hard, to whitewash — the black-a-moor.