Book 30
8.12
It was the knowledge of this that led Remigius, marshal of the court, when he perceived that the emperor was boiling with anger at something which had occurred, to hint among other things that some outbreaks of the barbarians threatened; and when Valentinian heard this, immediately he was so overcome with fear that he became as calm and mild as Antoninus the GoodI.e., Antoninus Pius; cf. xvi. 1, 4. himself.
8.13
He never intentionally chose cruel judges, but if he had learned that Those whomhehad once advancedTo that rank. were acting cruelly, he maintained that he had found men like LycurgusNot the Spartan lawgiver, but a contemporary of Demosthenes; see xxii. 9, 9, note. and Cassius,Cf. xxii. 9, 9, note; and for Cato and Cassius, xxvi. 10, 10. those ancient pillars of justice; and he often urged them in writing to punish even light offences with all severity.
8.14
Those in trouble, whom a reverse of fortune had befallen, found no refuge in the kindness of their prince, which has always been a longed-for haven, as it were, for those tossed on a stormy sea. For the purpose of a just rule (as the philosophers teach) is supposed to be the advantage and safety of its subjects.
