Shortly after the death of Roman emperor

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, his successor Julian held a tribunal at the city of

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, which was then a suburb of

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. Saturninius Secundus Salutius, who was raised to the rank of

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was given the chief oversight and with him were associated

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(another civilian), and four military commanders, Arbitio, Agilo, Nevitta and Jovinus. The first two were ex-officers of Constantius, while the other two had served with Julian. At this tribunal a large part of Constantius's ministers were brought to trial. In charge of the daily inquisitions was Arbitio, "while the others were present merely for show" according to historian Ammianus Marcellinus. Palladius, Taurus, Euagrius, Saturninus and Cyrinus are known to have been exiled. Florentius, Ursulus and

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were condemned to death. Apodemius and Paulus Catena were even burned alive. Another Florentius was imprisoned on a Dalmatian island.

died on 3 November 361, so all this must have happened in late 361 and early 362.This article is based on

Ammianus Marcellinus Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicized as Ammian ( Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born , died 400), was a Greek and Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquit ...

, ''Res Gestae'', XXII.3, 4, 7-8 & 10.

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