Note 061
From Chapter 22 of the Decline & Fall

Mamertinus praises the emperor (xi. [x.] I) for bestowing the offices of treasurer and praefect on a man of wisdom, firmness, integrity, etc., like himself. Yet Ammianus ranks him (xxi. l ) among the ministers of Julian,

quorum merita norat et fidem.
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