Note 024 Sozomen, l. vii. c. 5. Socrates, l. v. c. 7. Marcellin. in Chron. The account of forty years must be dated from the election or intrusion of Eusebius who wisely exchanged the bishopric of Nicomedia for the throne of Constantinople.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 27