Olympiodorus (apud Photium, p. 180 [p. 57, ed. Bekk.]), uses an expression
which would denote a strict and friendly alliance, and render Stilicho still more criminal.
The paulisper retentus, deinde interfectus, of Orosius [p.
570], is sufficiently odious.
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Of The Roman Empire—
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