70. Lastly, edicts of his are still extant, laid up among the public records of the empire ... relating ...[69] and extolling himself to the skies. A letter also is to be found, though he was forty days' journey from Strasburg when the battle was fought, describing the engagement, saying that he marshalled the army, stood among the standard-bearers, and put the barbarians to the rout; and with amazing falsehood asserting that Chnodomarius was brought before him, without (oh shameful indignity!) saying a single word about the exploits of Julian; which he would have utterly buried in oblivion if fame had not refused to let great deeds die, however many people may try to keep them in the shade.
[59] The text is defective here, as it is wherever these marks occur.
[60] Coblenz.
[61] Julius Cæsar: the story of the frightened fisherman being encouraged by the assurance that he was carrying "Cæsar and his fortunes" is universally known.
[62] Claudius, who devoted himself in the Gothic war.
[63] Galerius Maximianus, who reconnoitred in person the camp of the king of Persia.
[64] The word is derived from κλιβανον, an oven, and seems to mean entirely clothed in iron.
[65] Valeria was a division of Pannonia, so called from Valeria, the daughter of Diocletian, and the wife of Galerius.
[66] Troops named from the fashion of their arms; the Cornuti having projections like horns on their helmets, the Braccati wearing drawers.
[67] The testudo was properly applied to the manner in which they locked their shields over their heads while advancing to storm a walled town.