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12.60
For whatever he did was good. He so governed two races at the same time, Romans and Goths, that although he himself was of the ArianSee note on § 94 (p. 569), and for spelling, on § 48. sect, he nevertheless made no assault on the Catholic religion; he gave games in the circus and the amphitheatre, so that even by the Romans he was called a Trajan or a Valentinian, whose times he took as a model; and by the Goths, because of his edict, in which he established justice, he was judged to be in all respects their best king. Military service for the Romans he kept on the same footing as under the emperors. He was generous with gifts and the distribution of grain, and although he had found the public treasury nothing but a haystack,Literally, consisting of hay; i.e. he found nothing there but hay; cf. Catull. 13, 7 f., Catulli plenus sacculus est aranearum. by his efforts it was restored and made rich.
12.61
Although untrained in letters, he was nevertheless so wise that even now some of his sayings are regarded among the people as aphorisms, and for that reason I am glad to place on record a few out of many. He said, One who has gold and a demon cannot hide the demon. Also, A poor Roman plays the Goth, a richFor this meaning of utilis, cf. Gregory of Tours, iv. 3, and passim. The rich Goth imitates the luxury of the wealthy Romans. Goth the Roman.
