Kitap 29
1.10
When Euserius also was put in prison, and the record of what had been done had been read to the emperor as usual, Valens’ monstrous savagery spread everywhere like a fiercely blazing torch, and was increased by the base flattery of many men, and in particular by that of Modestus,Because of his services in these inquiries he was made consul by Valens in the following year. Greg. Naz. also charges him with servile flattery of the emperor. who was then praetorian prefect.
1.11
This man, being daily terrified by the thought of a successor, by tricking Valens, who was somewhat simple-minded, with veiled but clever flattery tried to wheedle over the emperor’s favour in various ways, calling his rough, crude words choice Ciceronian posies; and to increase his vanity he declared that, if Valens should order it, even the stars could be brought down and displayed for him.
1.12
Accordingly, orders were given that Theodorus also should be with swift dispatch hurried thereThat is, to Antioch, where Valens was. from Constantinople, to which he had gone on domestic business, and while he was being brought back, as the result of sundry preliminary trials, which were carried on day and night, a number of men, conspicuous for their rank and high birth, were brought from widely separated places.
