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[4] After him Poemenius, doomed like evil doers, was haled to execution and perished; he was the man (as we have told above) 1 who was chosen to protect his fellow-citizens when Treves closed its gates against Decentius Caesar. 2 Then the counts Asclepiodotus, Lutto and Maudio were put to death, and many others, since the obduracy of the times made an intricate investigation into these and similar charges.

1 In one of the lost books.

2 Decentius had been given the rank of Caesar by his brother Magnentius.

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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