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Chapter XXXIV.—Of
Gallus Cæsar.
Gallus, having accomplished
these things, was unable to bear his success with moderation; but
forthwith attempted innovations against the authority of him who had
constituted him Cæsar, himself aspiring to the sovereign power.
His purpose was, however, soon detected by Constantius: for he had
dared to put to death, on his own responsibility, Domitian, at that
time Prætorian prefect of the East, and Magnus the quæstor,
not having disclosed his designs to the emperor. Constantius, extremely
incensed at this conduct, summoned Gallus to his presence, who being in
great terror went very reluctantly; and when he arrived in the western
parts, and had reached the island of Flanona, Constantius ordered him
to be slain. But not long after he created Julian, the brother of
Gallus, Cæsar, and sent him against the barbarians in Gaul. It was
in the seventh consulate382
of the emperor Constantius that Gallus, who was surnamed Constantius,
was slain, when he himself was a third time consul: and Julian was
created Cæsar on the 6th of November in the following year, when
Arbetion383
and Lollian were consuls; of him we shall make farther mention in the
next book.384
When Constantius was thus relieved from the disquietudes which had
occupied him, his attention was again directed to ecclesiastical
contentions. Going therefore from Sirmium to the imperial city Rome, he
again appointed a synod of bishops, summoning some of the eastern
prelates to hasten into Italy,385
| 385So rightly in the Allat. ms.; the variant Γαλλίαν is inconsistent
with the context.
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and arranging for those of the west to meet them there. While
preparations were making in the east for this purpose, Julius bishop of
Rome died, after having presided over the church in that place fifteen
years, and was succeeded in the episcopal dignity by Liberius.
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