17. Ammianus (1. xiv. c. 1 l ) uses the general expression
of peremptum. Codinus (p. 34) [p. 63, ed. Bonn] beheads
the young prince; but Sidonius Apollinaris (Epistol. v. 8),
for the sake perhaps of an antithesis to Fausta's warm
bath, chooses to administer a draught of cold poison.