283) in placing this visit of Theodosius after the second civil war, gemini bis victor caede Tyranni, (l.i.

410.) But the time and circumstances are better suited to his first triumph.] [Footnote 1811: M.Beugnot (in his Histoire de la Destruction du Paganisme en Occident, i.p.

483-488) questions, altogether, the truth of this statement.

It is very remarkable that Zosimus and Prudentius concur in asserting the fact of the question being solemnly deliberated by the senate, though with directly opposite results.

Zosimus declares that the majority of the assembly adhered to the ancient religion of Rome; Gibbon has adopted the authority of Prudentius, who, as a Latin writer, though a poet, deserves more credit than the Greek historian.
Both concur in placing this scene after the second triumph of Theodosius; but it has been almost demonstrated (and Gibbon--see the preceding note--seems to have acknowledged this) by Pagi and Tillemont, that Theodosius did not visit Rome after the defeat of Eugenius.