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68 THE DECLINE AND FALL feeble emperor of the East, who succeeded to the rank of his elder brother, never obtained any weight or influence in the councils of the West.^*^^ J** Ammianus, xxx. lo. Zosimus, 1. iv. p. 222, 223, [c. 19]. Tillemont has proved (Hist, des Empereurs, torn. v. p. 707-709) that Gratian reigned in Italy, Africa, and Illyricum. I have endeavoured to express his authority over bus brothar's dominions, as he used it, in an ambiguous style.
