The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire. 4
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire. 4
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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The mournful garb, which they affected, excited the compassion of the judges, who were scandalized by the gay and splendid dress of their adversary ; and when the praefect Arvandus, with the first of the Gallic deputies, were directed to take their places on the senatorial benches, the same contrast of pride and modesty was observed in their behaviour. In this memorable judgment, which presented a lively image of the old republic, the Gauls exposed, with force and freedom, the grievances of the... province ; and as soon as the minds of the audiente were sufficienUy inflamed, they recited the fatal epistle. The obstinacy of Arvandus was founded on the strange supposition, that a subject could not be convicted of treason, unless he had actually con- spired to assume the purple. As the paper was read, he repeatedly, and with a loud voice, acknowledged it for his genuine composition ; and his astonishment was equal to his dismay, when the unanimous voice of the senate declared him guilty of a capital offence.
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