50. The character of Dalmatius is advantageously, though
concisely, drawn by Eutropius (x. 9 [5]). Dalmatius Caesar
prosperrima indole, neque patruo absimilis, haud multo
post oppressus est factione militari. As both Jerom and the
Alexandrian Chronicle mention the third year of the Caesar,
which did not commence till the 18th or 24th of September,
A.D. 337, it is certain that these military factions
continued above four months.