[Footnote38:MontesquieuConsiderationssurlaGrandeur，&c。c。
xix。hasdelineated，withaboldandeasypencil，someofthemoststrikingcircumstancesoftheprideofAttila，andthedisgraceoftheRomans。HedeservesthepraiseofhavingreadtheFragmentsofPriscus，whichhavebeentoomuchdisregarded。]
[Footnote39:SeePriscus，p。69，71，72，&c。Iwouldfainbelieve，thatthisadventurerwasafterwardscrucifiedbytheorderofAttila，onasuspicionoftreasonablepractices；butPriscusp。57hastooplainlydistinguishedtwopersonsofthenameofConstantius，who，fromthesimilareventsoftheirlives，mighthavebeeneasilyconfounded。]
[Footnote40:InthePersiantreaty，concludedintheyear422，thewiseandeloquentMaximinhadbeentheassessorofArdaburius，Socrates，l。vii。c。20。WhenMarcianascendedthethrone，theofficeofGreatChamberlainwasbestowedonMaximin，whoisranked，inthepublicedict，amongthefourprincipalministersofstate，Novell。adCalc。Cod。Theod。p。31。HeexecutedacivilandmilitarycommissionintheEasternprovinces；andhisdeathwaslamentedbythesavagesofAethiopia，whoseincursionshehadrepressed。SeePriscus，p。
40，41。]