Note 131 Besides the partial invectives of Zosimus (always discontented with the Christian reigns) see the grave representations which Synesius addresses to the emperor Arcadius (de Regno, p. 25,26, edit. Petav. [Paris, 1612]). The philosophic bishop of Cyrene was near enough to judge; and he was sufficiently removed from the temptation of fear or flattery.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 26