65. The passage of the Danube is exposed by Ammianus (xxxi.
3, 4), Zosimus (1. iv. [c. 20]. p. 223, 224), Eunapius in
Excerpt. Legat. (p. 19, 20 [p. 49, 50, ed. Bonn]), and
Jornandes (c. 25, 26). Ammianus declares (c. 5) that he
means only ipsas rerum digerere summitates. But he often
takes a false measure of their importance, and his
superfluous prolixity is disagreeably balanced by his
unseasonable brevity.