Basil the Great, thefuneral oration of Pulcheria, daughter to the Emperor Theodosius, sixyears old, and that of his mother, the empress Flaccilla, who died soonafter her at the waters in Thrace. An imperfect transcript is kept among the MSS. of theirinhumanity and merciless usage who, the kinder he was to them, were themore fierce and cruel to him. See her life written by Ulpho, aBrigittine friar, thirty years after her death, with the remarks ofHenschenius.
His personal merit gained him thelove of all that knew him, and the governor had a particular esteem forhim. In Calend. His son Dexter was raised to the first dignities in the empire, beinghigh chamberlain to the emperor Theodosius, and praefectus-praetorio underHonorius. It is therefore my command, that every day thy skin be tornoff thee in seven different places, till thou hast no more left.
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