ry of the English,' ii. I.]
[Footnote 342: Murat, CCLXIII. 4.]
[Footnote 343: See p. 225.]
[Footnote 344: Jerome, in his treatise against Jovian, declares that
he could bear personal testimony to this.]
[Footnote 345: See p. 194.]
[Footnote 346: Marcellinus dwells upon the chopping seas which
usually prevailed in the Straits; and of the rapid tide, which is also
referred to by Ausonius (380), "Quum virides algas et rubra corallia
nudat Aestus," etc.]
[Footnote 347: To him is probably due the reconstruction of the
"Vallum" as a defence against attacks from the south, such as the
Scots were now able to deliver. See p. 207.]
[Footnote 348: Marcellinus, 'Hist.' XXVIII. 3. See p. 202.]
[Footnote 349: 'De Quarto Consulatu Honorii,' I. 31.]
[Footnote 350: Theodosius married Galla, daughter of Valentinian I.]
[Footnote 351: For the later migrations to Brittany see Elton's
'Origins,' p. 350. Samson, Archbishop of York, is said to have fled
thither in 500, and settled at Dol. Sidonius Apollinaris speaks of
Britons settled by the Loire.]
[Footnote 352: 'In Primum Consulatum Stilichonis,' II. 247.]
[Footnote 353: Alone amongst the legions it is not mentioned in the
'Notitia' as attached to any province.]
[Footnote 354: 'Epithalamium Paladii,' 85.]
[Footnote 355: The first printed edition was published 1552.]
[Footnote 356: See p. 90.]
[Footnote 357: _Portus Adurni_. Some authorities, however, hold this
to be Shoreham, others Portsmouth, others Aldrington. The remaining
posts are less disputed. They were Branodunum (Brancaster), Garianonum
(Yarmouth), Othona (Althorne[?] in Essex), Regulbium (Reculver),
Rutupiae (Richborough), Lemanni (Lyminge), Dubris (Dover), and
Anderida.]
[Footnote 358: There were six "Counts" altogether in the Western
Empire, and twelve "Dukes." Both Counts and Dukes were of
"Respectable" rank, the second in the Diocletian hierarchy.]
[Footnote 359: See p. 237.]
[Footnote 360: This word, however, may perhaps signify _Imperial_
rather than _London_.]
[Footnote 361: Olympiodorus (A.D. 425).]
[Footnote 362: 'Hist. Nov.' vi. 10. He is a contemporary authority.]
[Footnote 363: Tennyson, 'Guinevere,' 594. The dragon standard first
came into use amongst the Imperial insignia under Augustus, and the
red dragon is mentioned by Nennius as already the emblem of Briton
as opposed to Saxon. The mediaeval Welsh poems speak of the legendary
Uther, father of Arthur, as "Pendra
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