andJulian，whosemindwasbiasedbysuperstitionandresentment，stigmatizestheseunnaturalalliancesbetweenhisowncousinswiththeopprobriousepithetOrat。vii。p。228。。Thejurisprudenceofthecanonshassincereceivedandenforcedthisprohibition，withoutbeingabletointroduceiteitherintothecivilorthecommonlawofEurope。Seeonthesubjectofthesemarriages，Taylor\'sCivilLaw，p。331。BrouerdeJureConnub。l。

　　ii。c。12。HericourtdesLoixEcclesiastiques，partiii。c。5。

　　Fleury，InstitutionsduDroitCanonique，tom。i。p。331。Paris，1767，andFraPaolo，IstoriadelConcilioTrident，l。viii。]

　　[Footnote52:JulianadS。P……Q。Athen。p。270chargeshiscousinConstantiuswiththewholeguiltofamassacre，fromwhichhehimselfsonarrowlyescaped。HisassertionisconfirmedbyAthanasius，who，forreasonsofaverydifferentnature，wasnotlessanenemyofConstantius，tom。i。p。856。Zosimusjoinsinthesameaccusation。Butthethreeabbreviators，EutropiusandtheVictors，useveryqualifyingexpressions:\"sinentepotiusquamjubente；\"\"incertumquosuasore；\"\"vimilitum。\"]

　　ThemassacreoftheFlavianracewassucceededbyanewdivisionoftheprovinces；whichwasratifiedinapersonalinterviewofthethreebrothers。Constantine，theeldestoftheCaesars，obtained，withacertainpreeminenceofrank，thepossessionofthenewcapital，whichborehisownnameandthatofhisfather。Thrace，andthecountriesoftheEast，wereallottedforthepatrimonyofConstantius；andConstanswasacknowledgedasthelawfulsovereignofItaly，Africa，andtheWesternIllyricum。Thearmiessubmittedtotheirhereditaryright；andtheycondescended，aftersomedelay，toacceptfromtheRomansenatethetitleofAugustus。Whentheyfirstassumedthereinsofgovernment，theeldestoftheseprinceswastwenty—one，thesecondtwenty，andthethirdonlyseventeen，yearsofage。^53

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