119. Compare Themistius (Orat. xiv. p. 181) with Zosimus (1.
iv. [c. 25] p. 232), Jornandes (c. xxvii. p. 649), and the
prolix Commentary of M. de Buat (Hist. des Peuples, etc.,
tom. vi. p. 477-552). The Chronicles of Idatius and
Marcellinus allude, in general terms, to magna certamina,
magna multaque praelia. The two epithets are not easily
reconciled.