149. I have disdained to mention a very foolish, and
probably a false, report (Procop de Bell. Vandal. 1. i. c. 2
[tom. i. p. 316, ed. Bonn]), that Honorius was alarmed by
the 'loss' of Rome till he understood that it was not a
favourite chicken of that name but only the capital of the
world, which had been lost. Yet even this story is some
evidence of the public opinion.