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And that these dramas should leave no awful 370 ff. A.D. tragic effect untried, this also was added after the curtain had dropped.See xvi. 6, 3, note; here the meaning is different, since what follows was the exodium, or afterpiece, at the end of the tragedy. Hence the curtain was not put away, but raised (or, as we should say, lowered). Romanus, setting out to the Palace, brought with him Caecilius, who intended to accuse the judges of having been biased in favour of the province; and being received with favour by Merobaudes,Consul in 377; he was then perhaps court-marshal. he had sought that some more witnesses whom he needed should be produced.
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When these had come to Milan, and had shown by credible evidence that they had been brought there under false pretences to satisfy a grudge, they were discharged and returned to their homes. Nevertheless, in Valentinianus’ lifetime, in consequence of what we have stated above, Remigius also after retiring into private life strangled himself, as I shall show in the proper place.xxx. 2, 10 ff.
