8
See the interesting remarks of Lactantius, Instit. vii. 25.
9
"Hæret vox et singultus intercipiunt verba dictantis. Capitur urbs quæ totum cepit orbem."—Jerome, iv. 783.
10
See below, iv. 7.
11
This is well brought out by Merivale, Conversion of the Roman Empire, p. 145, etc.
12
Ozanam, History of Civilisation in the Fifth Century (Eng. trans.), ii. 160.
13
Abstracts of the work at greater or less length are given by Dupin, Bindemann, Böhringer, Poujoulat, Ozanam, and others.