18/33 177.) Orosius, (l.vii.c.38, p. 4,) and Philostorgius, (l.xi.c.3, l.xii.c. 2,) afford supplemental hints.] The servile crowd of the palace, who had so long adored the fortune of Stilicho, affected to insult his fall; and the most distant connection with the master-general of the West, which had so lately been a title to wealth and honors, was studiously denied, and rigorously punished. His family, united by a triple alliance with the family of Theodosius, might envy the condition of the meanest peasant. |