Note 049
From Chapter 22 of the Decline & Fall

Libanius (Orat. Parentalis, c. lxxxiv. lxxxv. p. 310, 311, 312) has given this interesting detail of the private life of Julian. He himself (in Misopon, p. 350) mentions his vegetable diet, and upbraids the gross and sensual appetite of the people of Antioch.

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