20. Probus . . . claritudine generis et potentia et opum
amplitudine cognitus Orbi Romano, per quem universum poene
patrimonia sparsa possedit, juste an secus non judicioli est
nostri. Ammian. Marcellin. xxvii. 11. His children and widow
erected for him a magnificent tomb in the Vatican, which was
demolished in the time of pope Nicholas V. to make room for
the new church of St. Peter. Baronius, who laments the ruin
of this Christian monument, has diligently preserved the
inscriptions and basso-relievos. See Annal. Eccles. A.D.
395, No. 5-17.