Conditionibus . . . dispendiosis Romanae reipublicae
impositis . . . quibus cupidior regni quam gloriae Jovianus,
imperio rudis, adquievit. Sextus Rufus de Provinciis, c. 29.
La Bleterie has expressed, in a long, direct oration, these specious considerations of public and private interest (Hist. de Jovien, tom. i. p. 39, etc.).