133. Immediately after the death of Julian an uncertain
rumour was scattered, telo cecidisse Romano. It was carried
by some deserters to the Persian camp, and the Romans were
reproached as the assassins of the emperor by Sapor and his
subjects (Ammian. xxv. 6; Libanius de ulciscenda Julani
nece, c. xiii. p. 162, 163). It was urged, as a decisive
proof, that no Persian had appeared to claim the promised
reward (Liban. Orat. Parent. C.141, p.363). But the flying
horseman who darted the fatal javelin might be ignorant of
its effect, or he might be slain in the same action.
Ammianus neither feels nor inspires a suspicion.