See the proud inscription at the head of his works.

* Note: Mr.Beugnot has made it doubtful whether Symmachus was more than Pontifex Major.

Destruction du Paganisme, vol.
i.p.

459 .-- M.] [Footnote 15: As if any one, says Prudentius (in Symmach.i.

639) should dig in the mud with an instrument of gold and ivory.