Yes, as Babylonius fell, so shall Babylon fall, stripped of all the splendour of its adornments.
Priscus.
What wisdom in interpretation!
Kytron.
By the gods, it must be so!
The other Philosophers.
So, and not otherwise!
Julian.
[To Nevita.] The army shall continue to advance. Nevertheless, for still greater security, I will sacrifice this evening and see what the omens indicate.
As for you Etruscan jugglers, whom I have brought hither at so great a cost, I will no longer suffer you in the camp, where you serve only to damp the soldiers’ spirits. You know nothing of the difficult calling you profess. What effrontery! What measureless presumption! Away with them! I will not set eyes on them again.