he had granted.

18. He confused the Christian religion, which is plain and simple, with
old women's superstitions; in investigating which he preferred
perplexing himself to settling its questions with dignity, so that he
excited much dissension; which he further encouraged by diffuse wordy
explanations: he ruined the establishment of public conveyances by
devoting them to the service of crowds of priests, who went to and fro
to different synods, as they call the meetings at which they endeavour
to settle everything according to their own fancy.

19. As to his personal appearance and stature, he was of a dark
complexion with prominent eyes; of keen sight, soft hair, with his
cheeks carefully shaved, and bright looking. From his waist to his neck
he was rather long, his legs were very short and crooked, which made him
a good leaper and runner.

20. When the body of the deceased emperor had been laid out, and placed
in a coffin, Jovianus, at that time the chief officer of the guard, was
ordered to attend it with royal pomp to Constantinople, to be buried
among his relations.

21. While he was proceeding on the vehicle which bore the remains,
samples of the military provisions were brought to him as an offering,
as is usual in the case of princes; and the public animals were paraded
before him; and a concourse of people came out to meet him as was usual;
which, with other similar demonstrations, seemed to portend to Jovianus,
as the superintendent of his funeral, the attainment of the empire, but
an authority only curtailed and shadowy.

[114] The Quinquennalia (games under which title had been previously
instituted in honour of Julius Caesar and Augustus) were revived by Nero,
A.D. 60, again fell into disuse, and were again revived by
Domitian.--Cf. Tacit. An. xiv. 20.

[115] V. infra, Leo xxvi. c. 8.

[116] Sirmium was very near the existing town of Peterwaradin.

[117] Now the Balkan.

[118] It is believed that Mattium is the same as Marburg; it is not
quite certain.

[119] These and other titles, such as "respectable" (spectabiles),
"illustrious" (egregrie, illustres), were invented by the emperors of
this century. They none of them appear to have conferred any substantive
power.

[120] This office had been first established by Augustus, who created
two prefects of the praetorian cohorts, under whose command also all the
soldiers in Italy were placed. Commodus raised the number to three, and
Constanti