Julian. Epist. xxxviii. [p. 415]. Ammianus, xxii. 12.
Adeo ut in dies paene singulos milites carnis distentiore
sagina victitantes incultius, potusque aviditate correpti,
humeris impositi transeuntium per plateas, ex publicis
aedibus . . . ad sua diversoria portarentur.
The devout prince and the indignant historian describe the same scene; and in Illyricum or Antioch similar causes must have produced similar effects.