8. Claudian (l. i. in Eutrop. 1-22), after enumerating the
various prodigies of monstrous births, speaking animals,
showers of blood or stones, double suns, etc., adds, with
some exaggeration,
Omnia cesserunt eunucho consule monstra.
The first book concludes with a noble speech of the goddess
of Rome to her favourite Honorius, deprecating the new
ignominy to which she was exposed.