mned. For his offence was only that, fearing a violent
disturbance which had arisen, he fled to the protection of his prince.
And the treatment inflicted on him could not be read without great
horror, when the preamble of the public accusation began thus:--"In the
consulship of Taurus and Florentius, Taurus being brought before the
criers ..."

5. Pentadius also was destined for a similar sentence; the charge
against him being that, having been sent on a mission by Constantius, he
had made notes of the replies given by Gallus when he was examined on
several subjects before he was put to death. But as he defended himself
with justice, he was at last discharged.

6. With similar iniquity, Florentius, at that time master of the
ceremonies, the son of Nigridianus, was banished to Boae, an island on
the coast of Dalmatia. The other Florentius, who had been prefect of the
praetorium, and was then consul, being alarmed at the sudden change in
the aspect of affairs, in order to save himself from danger, hid
himself and his wife for some time, and never returned during Julian's
life; still he was, though absent, condemned to death.

7. In the same way, Evagrius, the comptroller of the private demesnes of
the emperor, and Saturninus, late superintendent of the palace, and
Cyrinus, late secretary, were all banished. But Justice herself seems to
have mourned over the death of Ursulus, the treasurer, and to accuse
Julian of ingratitude to him. For when, as Caesar, he was sent to the
west, with the intent that he was to be kept in great poverty, and
without any power of making presents to any of his soldiers, in order to
make them less inclined to favour any enterprise which he might
conceive, this same Ursulus gave him letters to the superintendent of
the Gallic treasury, desiring him to give the Caesar whatever he might
require.

8. After his death, Julian, feeling that he was exposed to general
reproach and execration, thinking that an unpardonable crime could be
excused, affirmed that the man had been put to death without his being
aware of it, pretending that he had been massacred by the fury of the
soldiers, who recollected what he had said (as we mentioned before) when
he saw the destruction of Amida.

9. And therefore it seemed to be through fear, or else from a want of
understanding what was proper, that he appointed Arbetio, a man always
vacillating and arrogant, to preside over these investigations, with
others of th