Note 076 Libanius, Orat. Parent. p. 130, p. 354, c. 139, p. 361. Socrates, l. iii. c. 21. The ecclesiastical historian imputes the refusal of peace to the advice of Maximus. Such advice was unworthy of a philosopher; but the philosopher was likewise a magician, who flattered the hopes and passions of his master.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 24