Note 013
Nec quisquam Procerum tentet (licet aere vetusto
Floreat, et claro cingatur Roma senatu)
Se jactare parem; sed prima sede relicta
Aucheniis, de jure licet certare secundo.
Claud. in Prob. et Olybrii Coss. 18.
Such a compliment paid to the obscure name of the Auchenii
has amazed the critics; but they all agree that, whatever
may be the true reading, the sense of Claudian can be
applied only to the Anician family.
The History Of The Decline and Fall
Of The Roman Empire—
Chapter 31