Note 063
Three lines of Ammianus (xxxi. 14) countenance a whole
oration of Themistius (viii. p. 101-120), full of adulation,
pedantry, and common place morality. The eloquent M. Thomas
(tom. i. p. 366-396) has amused himself with celebrating the
virtues and genius of Themistius, who was not unworthy of
the age in which he lived.
The History Of The Decline and Fall
Of The Roman Empire—
Chapter 25