9. Eutropius (x. 2) expresses, in a few words, the real
truth, and the occasion of the error, "ex obscuriori
matrimonio ejus filius." Zosmius (1. ii. [c. 8] p. 78)
eagerly seized the most unfavourable report, and is followed
by Orosius (vii. 25), whose authority is oddly enough
overlooked by the indefatigable but partial Tillemont. By
insisting on the divorce of Helena, Diocletian acknowledged
her marriage.