Note 090 Ammian. xvii. 3. Julian. Epistol. xvii. edit Spanheim. Such a conduct almost justifies the encomium of Mamertinus. Ita illi anni spatia divisa sunt, ut aut Barbaros domitet, aut civibus jura restituat; perpetuum professus, aut contra hostem, aut contra vitia, certamen.

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Note to Chapter 19 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon