27. Zosimus, l. iv. [c.37] p.245,249. Theodoret, 1. v. c. 21. Idatius in Chron. Prosper. Aquitan. 1. iii. c. 38 apud Baronium, Annal. Eccles. A.D. 389, No. 52. Libanius (pro Templis, p. 10) labours to prove that the commands of Theodosius were not direct and positive.