ne to four, whom (when he abolished the praetorian cohort), he
made, in fact, governors of provinces. There was one praefectus praetorio
for Gaul, one for Italy, one for Illyricum, and one for the East.

BOOK XXII.

ARGUMENT.

I. From fear of Constantius Julian halts in Dacia, and secretly
consults the augurs and soothsayers.--II. When he hears of
Constantius's death he passes through Thrace, and enters
Constantinople, which he finds quiet; and without a battle becomes
sole master of the Roman empire.--III. Some of the adherents of
Constantius are condemned, some deservedly, some wrongfully.--IV.
Julian expels from the palace all the eunuchs, barbers, and
cooks--A statement of the vices of the eunuchs about the palace,
and the corrupt state of military discipline.--V. Julian openly
professes his adherence to the pagan worship, which he had hitherto
concealed; and lets the Christian bishops dispute with one
another.--VI. How he compelled some Egyptian litigants, who
modestly sought his intervention, to return home.--VII. At
Constantinople he often administers justice in the senate-house; he
arranges the affairs of Thrace, and receives anxious embassies from
foreign nations.--VIII. A description of Thrace, and of the Sea of
Marmora, and of the regions and nations contiguous to the Black
Sea.--IX. Having enlarged and beautified Constantinople, Julian
goes to Antioch; on his road he joins the citizens of Nicomedia
moving to restore their city; and at Ancyra presides in the court
of justice.--X. He winters at Antioch, and presides in the court of
justice; and oppresses no one on account of his religion.--XI.
George, bishop of Alexandria, with two others, is dragged through
the streets by the Gentiles of Alexandria, and torn to pieces and
burnt, without any one being punished for this action.--XII. Julian
prepares an expedition against the Persians, and, in order to know
beforehand the result of the war, he consults the oracles; and
sacrifices innumerable victims, devoting himself wholly to
soothsaying and augury.--XIII. He unjustly attributes the burning
of the temple of Apollo at Daphne to the Christians, and orders the
great church at Antioch to be shut up.--XIV. He sacrifices to
Jupiter on Mount Casius--Why he writes the Misopogon in his anger
against