Note 083 Ammianus (xxii. 10) has impartially stated the merits and defects of his judicial proceedings. Libanius (Orat. Parent. c. go, 91, p. 315, etc.) has seen only the fair side; and his picture, if it flatters the person, expresses at least the duties of the judge. Gregory Nazianzen (Orat. iv. p. 120), who suppresses the virtues and exaggerates even the venial faults of the Apostate, triumphantly asks. Whether such a judge was fit to be seated between Minos and Rhadamanthus in the Elysian fields?

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Note to Chapter 22 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon