Book 25
10.4
The emperor lingered for a time at Antioch, bowed down by the weight of divers cares, but pursued by an extraordinary desire for getting out of the place. Accordingly, he left there on a day in the dead of winter, sparing neither horse nor man, although many signs (as has been said) forbade, and entered Tarsus, the famous city of Cilicia, of whose origin I have already spoken.Cf. xiv. 8, 3.
10.5
Though in excessive haste to leave that place, he determined to adorn the tomb of Julian,See 9, 12, above. According to Zonaras and others, Julian’s body was later taken to Constantinople. situated just outside the walls on the road which leads to the passes of Mount Taurus. But his remains and ashes, if anyone then showed sound judgement, ought not to be looked on by the Cydnus,Cf. Curt. iii. 4, 8. although it is a beautiful and clear stream, but to perpetuate the glory of his noble deeds they should be laved by the Tiber, which cuts through the eternal city and flows by the memorials of the deified emperors of old.
