Note 115
Epiphanius was sent ambassador from Nepos to the
Visigoths for the purpose of ascertaining the fines Imperii
ltalici (Ennodius in Sirmond, tom. i. p. 1665-1669). His
pathetic discourse concealed the disgraceful secret which
soon excited the just and bitter complaints of the bishop of
Clermont.
The History Of The Decline and Fall
Of The Roman Empire—
Chapter 36