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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 7945939, member: 87200&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t sleep with anyone...but I wouldn&#039;t mind a conversation on philosophy with Julian...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Once when in the darkness of night he was intent upon the lofty thought of some philosopher, he saw somewhat dimly, as he admitted to his intimates, that form of the protecting deity of the state which he had seen in Gaul when he was rising to Augustan dignity, but now with veil over both head and horn of plenty, sorrowfully passing out through the curtains of his tent. And although for a moment he remained sunk in stupefaction, yet rising above all fear, he commended his future fate to the decrees of heaven, and now fully awake, the night being now far advanced, he left his bed, which was spread on the ground, and prayed to the gods with rites designed to avert their displeasure. Then he thought he saw a blazing torch of fire, like a falling star, which furrowed part of the air and disappeared. And he was filled with fear lest the threatening star of Mars had thus visibly shown itself.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ammianus, Book XXV, section II</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/julian5-jpg.1104125/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/julian6-jpg.1104126/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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