[He goes out to the right.
Maximus.
You would burn the fleet? Then surely you have great things in your mind.
Julian.
Tell me, would the Macedonian Alexander have ventured this?
Maximus.
Did Alexander know where the danger threatened?
Julian.
True, true! I know it. All the powers of victory are in league with me. Omens and signs yield up their mystic secrets to advance my empire.
Is it not said of the Galilean, that spirits came and ministered unto him?—To whom do the spirits now minister?