Note 137 Gregory (Orat. iv. p. 1l9, 120 [ed. Paris, 1609; Orat. v. c. 16, 18, p. 157, seqq. ed. Bened. 1778]) compares this supposed ignominy and ridicule to the funeral honours of Constantius, whose body was chaunted over Mount Taurus by a choir of angels.

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