Res Gestae

And now, lifting himself higher and believing that Constantius could never be brought into harmony with him, he wrote to the senate a sharp oration full of invective, in which he specifically charged Constantius with disgraceful acts and faults. When these were read in the House, while Tertullus was still acting as prefect, the striking independence of the nobles was manifest as well as their grateful affection;[*](For Constantius.) for with complete agreement

they one and all shouted: We demand reverence for your own creator.[*](Cf. xvi. 7, 3. I.e. the bestower of your high position, since Constantius had raised him to the rank of Caesar.)