Fromthisfact，andfromsomecollateralexamples，Iconclude，thatunderthesuccessorsofConstantine，themoderatepriceofwheatwasaboutthirty—twoshillingstheEnglishquarter，whichisequaltotheaveragepriceofthesixty—fourfirstyearsofthepresentcentury。SeeArbuthnot\'sTablesofCoins，Weights，andMeasures，p。88，89。Plin。Hist。Natur。xviii。12。Mem。del\'AcademiedesInscriptions，tom。xxviii。p。718—721。Smith\'sInquiryintotheNatureandCausesoftheWealthofNations，vol。

　　i。p246。ThislastIamproudtoquoteastheworkofasageandafriend。]

　　[Footnote16:Nunquamapropositodeclinabat，Gallisimilisfratris，licetincruentus。Ammian。xxii。14。Theignoranceofthemostenlightenedprincesmayclaimsomeexcuse；butwecannotbesatisfiedwithJulian\'sowndefence，inMisopogon，p。363，369，ortheelaborateapologyofLibanius，Orat。Parentalc。

　　xcvii。p。321。]

　　[Footnote17:TheirshortandeasyconfinementisgentlytouchedbyLibanius，Orat。Parental。c。xcviii。p。322，323。]

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