84. Of the laws which Julian enacted in a reign of sixteen
months, fifty-four have been admitted into the codes of
Theodosius and Justinian. (Gothofred. Chron. Legum. p.
64-67.) The Abbe de la Bleterie (tom. ii. p. 329-336) has
chosen one of these laws to give an idea of Julian's Latin
styles which is forcible and elaborate, but less pure than
his Greek.