Note 057
From Chapter 36 of the Decline & Fall

Sidonius (Panegyr. Anthem. 317) dismisses him to heaven:-

Auxerat Augustus naturae lege Severus
Divorum numerum.

And an old list of the emperors, composed about the time of Justinian, praises his piety, and fixes his residence at Rome (Sirmond. Not. ad Sidon, p. 111, 112).

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