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1、《HISTORYOFROMAN-2》ChapterXXIV:TheRetreatAndDeathOfJulian.PartI.ResidenceOfJulianAtAntioch.-HisSuccessfulExpeditionAgainstThePersians.-PassageOfTheTigris-TheRetreatAndDeathOfJulian.-ElectionOfJovian.-HeSavesTheRomanArmyByADisgracefulTreaty.ThephilosophicalfablewhichJuliancomposedunderthename
2、oftheCaesars,^1isoneofthemostagreeableandinstructiveproductionsofancientwit.^2DuringthefreedomandequalityofthedaysoftheSaturnalia,RomuluspreparedafeastforthedeitiesofOlympus,whohadadoptedhimasaworthyassociate,andfortheRomanprinces,whohadreignedoverhismartialpeople,andthevanquishednationsoft
3、heearth.Theimmortalswereplacedinjustorderontheirthronesofstate,andthetableoftheCaesarswasspreadbelowtheMoonintheupperregionoftheair.Thetyrants,whowouldhavedisgracedthe124用心爱心专心societyofgodsandmen,werethrownheadlong,bytheinexorableNemesis,intotheTartareanabyss.TherestoftheCaesarssuccessively
4、advancedtotheirseats;andastheypassed,thevices,thedefects,theblemishesoftheirrespectivecharacters,weremaliciouslynoticedbyoldSilenus,alaughingmoralist,whodisguisedthewisdomofaphilosopherunderthemaskofaBacchanal.^3Assoonasthefeastwasended,thevoiceofMercuryproclaimedthewillofJupiter,thataceles
5、tialcrownshouldbetherewardofsuperiormerit.JuliusCaesar,Augustus,Trajan,andMarcusAntoninus,wereselectedasthemostillustriouscandidates;theeffeminateConstantine^4wasnotexcludedfromthishonorablecompetition,andthegreatAlexanderwasinvitedtodisputetheprizeofglorywiththeRomanheroes.Eachofthecandida
6、teswasallowedtodisplaythemeritofhisownexploits;but,inthejudgmentofthegods,themodestsilenceofMarcuspleadedmorepowerfullythantheelaborateorationsofhishaughtyrivals.Whenthejudgesofthisawfulcontestproceededtoexaminetheheart,andtoscrutinizethespringsofaction,thesuperiorityoftheImperialStoicappea
7、redstillmoredecisiveandconspicuous.^5AlexanderandCaesar,Augustus,Trajan,andConstantine,acknowledged,withablush,thatfame,orpower,orpleasurehadbeentheimportantobjectof124用心爱心专心theirlabors:butthegodsthemselvesbeheld,withreverenceandlove,avirtuousmortal,whoh
