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Meanwhile Julian, leaving Augst after finishing the business of which we have already spoken, sent Sallustius, 1 who had been advanced to the rank of prefect, back to Gaul, bidding Germanianus take the place of Nebridius; 2 he also made Nevitta commander of the cavalry, 3 fearing Gomoarius 4 as an old-time traitor, who (as he had heard), when leading the targeteers, secretly betrayed his prince, Veteranio. To Jovius, of whom I made mention in connection with the actions of Magnentius, 5 he gave the quaestorship, and to Mamertinus the charge of the sacred largesses; he put Dagalaifus in command of the household troops, and assigned many others, whose services and loyalty he knew, to military commands on his own authority.

1 Consul with Julian in 363; see xxiii. 1, 1.

2 Cf. ch. 5, 11, above.

3 That this was Nevitta's rank is shown in ยง 3, below. It is rather a loose use of magister armorum.

4 Cf. xx. 9, 5.

5 In a lost book.

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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