Note 008 See Ammianus Marcellinus, 1. xxi. c. 16. l. xxii. c. 4. The whole tenor of his impartial history serves to justify the invectives of Mamertinus, of Libanius, and of Julian himself, who have insulted the vices of the court of Constantius.

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Note to Chapter 19 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon