19. The title of first Christian senator may be justified by
the authority of Prudentius (in Symmach. i. 553) and the
dislike of the Pagans to the Anician family. See Tillemont,
Hist. des Empereurs; tom. iv. p. 183, v. p. 44. Baron.
Annal. A.D. 312, No. 78; A.D. 322, No. 2.