n
before his marriage, or after the death of his wife, (Orat. Parent. c.
lxxxviii. p. 313.) The chastity of Julian is confirmed by the impartial
testimony of Ammianus, (xxv. 4,) and the partial silence of the
Christians. Yet Julian ironically urges the reproach of the people of
Antioch, that he almost always (in Misopogon, p. 345) lay alone. This
suspicious expression is explained by the Abbe de la Bleterie (Hist. de
Jovien, tom. ii. p. 103-109) with candor and ingenuity.]

[Footnote 51: See Salmasius ad Sueton in Claud. c. xxi. A twenty-fifth
race, or missus, was added, to complete the number of one hundred
chariots, four of which, the four colors, started each heat.

Centum quadrijugos agitabo ad flumina currus.

It appears, that they ran five or seven times round the Mota (Sueton in
Domitian. c. 4;) and (from the measure of the Circus Maximus at Rome,
the Hippodrome at Constantinople, &c.) it might be about a four mile
course.]

[Footnote 52: Julian. in Misopogon, p. 340. Julius Caesar had offended
the Roman people by reading his despatches during the actual race.
Augustus indulged their taste, or his own, by his constant attention to
the important business of the Circus, for which he professed the warmest
inclination. Sueton. in August. c. xlv.]

The reformation of the Imperial court was one of the first and most
necessary acts of the government of Julian. [53] Soon after his entrance
into the palace of Constantinople, he had occasion for the service of
a barber. An officer, magnificently dressed, immediately presented
himself. "It is a barber," exclaimed the prince, with affected surprise,
"that I want, and not a receiver-general of the finances." [54] He
questioned the man concerning the profits of his employment and was
informed, that besides a large salary, and some valuable perquisites,
he enjoyed a daily allowance for twenty servants, and as many horses.
A thousand barbers, a thousand cup-bearers, a thousand cooks, were
distributed in the several offices of luxury; and the number of eunuchs
could be compared only with the insects of a summer's day. The monarch
who resigned to his subjects the superiority of merit and virtue, was
distinguished by the oppressive magnificence of his dress, his table,
his buildings, and his train. The stately palaces erected by Constantine
and his sons, were decorated with many colored marbles, and ornaments of
massy gold. The most exquisite dainties were procured, to gratify