24. Libanius (Orat. pro Templis, p. 10, Genev. 1634,
published by James Godefroy, and now extremely scarce)
accuses Valentinian and Valens of prohibiting sacrifices.
Some partial order may have been issued by the Eastern
emperor; but the idea of any general law is contradicted by
the silence of the Code and the evidence of ecclesiastical
history.