Note 019 Ten days appear scarcely sufficient for the march and election. But it may be observed -1. That the generals might command the expeditious of the public posts for themselves, their attendants, and messengers. 2. That the troops, for the ease of the cities, marched in many divisions; and that the head of the column might arrive at Nice when the rear halted at Ancyra.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 25