Note 052
From Chapter 23 of the Decline & Fall

Julian. Epist. xxxviii. [p. 415]. Ammianus, xxii. 12.

Adeo ut in dies paene singulos milites carnis distentiore sagina victitantes incultius, potusque aviditate correpti, humeris impositi transeuntium per plateas, ex publicis aedibus . . . ad sua diversoria portarentur.

The devout prince and the indignant historian describe the same scene; and in Illyricum or Antioch similar causes must have produced similar effects.

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