Note 021 Claudian (Laus Serenae, 190, 193) expresses, in poetic language, the "dilectus equorum," and the "gemino mox idem culmine duxit agmina." The inscription adds, "count of the domestics," an important command, which Stilicho, in the height of his grandeur, might prudently retain.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 29