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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XXVIII: Destruction Of Paganism
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384) to Valentinian, when the field was disputed by Symmachus and Ambrose; the third (A.D.

388) to Theodosius; and the fourth (A.D.

392) to Valentinian.

Lardner (Heathen Testimonies, vol.iv.p.

372-399) fairly represents the whole transaction.] [Footnote 14: Symmachus, who was invested with all the civil and sacerdotal honors, represented the emperor under the two characters of Pontifex Maximus, and Princeps Senatus.


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