[Footnote61:Libaniussuggeststheformofapersecutingedict，whichTheodosiusmightenact，proTemplis，p。32；arashjoke，andadangerousexperiment。Someprinceswouldhavetakenhisadvice。]

　　[Footnote*:Themostremarkableinstanceofthis，atamuchlaterperiod，occursinthepersonofMerobaudes，ageneralandapoet，whoflourishedinthefirsthalfofthefifthcentury。A

　　statueinhonorofMerobaudeswasplacedintheForumofTrajan，ofwhichtheinscriptionisstillextant。FragmentsofhispoemshavebeenrecoveredbytheindustryandsagacityofNiebuhr。Inonepassage，Merobaudes，inthegenuineheathenspirit，attributestheruinoftheempiretotheabolitionofPaganism，andalmostrenewstheoldaccusationofAtheismagainstChristianity。Heimpersonatessomedeity，probablyDiscord，whosummonsBellonatotakearmsforthedestructionofRome；andinastrainoffierceironyrecommendstoherotherfatalmeasures，toextirpatethegodsofRome:—

　　Roma，ipsiquetremantfurialiamurmurareges。

　　Jamsuperosterrisatquehospitanuminapelle:

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