[The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire CHAPTER XXVII: Civil Wars, Reign Of Theodosius 22/31
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396) are alleged by his contemporaries, Augustin and Orosius; who suppress the Pagan deity of Aeolus, and add some circumstances from the information of eye-witnesses.
Within four months after the victory, it was compared by Ambrose to the miraculous victories of Moses and Joshua.] [Footnote 1201: Arbogastes and his emperor had openly espoused the Pagan party, according to Ambrose and Augustin.
See Le Beau, v.
40. Beugnot (Histoire de la Destruction du Paganisme) is more full, and perhaps somewhat fanciful, on this remarkable reaction in favor of Paganism, but compare p 116 .-- M.] [Footnote 121: The events of this civil war are gathered from Ambrose, (tom.ii.Epist.lxii.p.
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