2/7 The various character of that emperor, capable, by turns, of the meanest and the most generous sentiments, may afford some color to the suspicion. It was, however, scarcely in his power to place the superiority of his predecessor in a more conspicuous light, than by thus confessing himself unequal to the task of defending the conquests of Trajan. 667. See Livy, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, under the reign of Tarquin.] [Footnote 23: St.Augustin is highly delighted with the proof of the weakness of Terminus, and the vanity of the Augurs. |