This reign was of too short duration to afford any new productions in literature; but, had it been extended to a much longer period, the effects would probably have been the same.
Polite learning never could flourish under an emperor who entertained a design of destroying the writings of Virgil and Livy. It is fortunate that these, and other valuable productions of antiquity, were too widely diffused over the world, and too carefully preserved, to be in danger of perishing through the frenzy of this capricious barbarian.
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