Res Gestae

From this it was clear that Julian was timorous, or that he did not know what was fitting, when he put Arbitio, who was always untrustworthy and excessively haughty, in charge of these inquisitions, while the others, including the officers of the legions, were

present merely for show; for Arbitio was a man whom he knew above all others to be a threat to his own safety,[*](Cf. xv. 2, 4.) as was to be expected of one who had taken a valiant part in the victories of the civil wars.