speech is in Ammianus, (xxvi. 2;)
concise and sententious in Philostorgius, (l. viii. c. 8.)]

[Footnote 26: Si tuos amas, Imperator optime, habes fratrem; si
Rempublicam quaere quem vestias. Ammian. xxvi. 4. In the division of
the empire, Valentinian retained that sincere counsellor for himself,
(c.6.)]

[Footnote 27: In suburbano, Ammian. xxvi. 4. The famous Hebdomon, or
field of Mars, was distant from Constantinople either seven stadia, or
seven miles. See Valesius, and his brother, ad loc., and Ducange, Const.
l. ii. p. 140, 141, 172, 173.]

[Footnote 27a: Symmachus praises the liberality of Valentinian in
raising his brother at once to the rank of Augustus, not training him
through the slow and probationary degree of Caesar. Exigui animi vices
munerum partiuntur, liberalitas desideriis nihil reliquit. Symm. Orat.
p. 7. edit. Niebuhr, 1816, reprinted from Mai.--M.]

[Footnote 28: Participem quidem legitimum potestatis; sed in modum
apparitoris morigerum, ut progrediens aperiet textus. Ammian. xxvi. 4.]

Chapter XXV: Reigns Of Jovian And Valentinian, Division Of The
Empire.--Part II.

Before Valentinian divided the provinces, he reformed the administration
of the empire. All ranks of subjects, who had been injured or oppressed
under the reign of Julian, were invited to support their public
accusations. The silence of mankind attested the spotless integrity of
the praefect Sallust; [29] and his own pressing solicitations, that
he might be permitted to retire from the business of the state,
were rejected by Valentinian with the most honorable expressions of
friendship and esteem. But among the favorites of the late emperor,
there were many who had abused his credulity or superstition; and who
could no longer hope to be protected either by favor or justice. [30]
The greater part of the ministers of the palace, and the governors of
the provinces, were removed from their respective stations; yet the
eminent merit of some officers was distinguished from the obnoxious
crowd; and, notwithstanding the opposite clamors of zeal and resentment,
the whole proceedings of this delicate inquiry appear to have been
conducted with a reasonable share of wisdom and moderation. [31] The
festivity of a new reign received a short and suspicious interruption
from the sudden illness of the two princes; but as soon as their health
was restored, they left Constantinople in the beginning of the spring.
In the castle, or palace, of