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eunuch Eutropius, after the downfall of the power of that 

 favourite of Arcadius. 



In support of this opinion, Dr. Kennedy Bailie entered at 

 some length into that part of the history of the period which 

 concerns the expedition against Trigibild the Ostrogoth, 

 under the auspices of Eutropius, which terminated in the dis- 

 comfiture and death of the general whom he had selected. 



This inscription was found in an extremely mutilated 

 state ; and an attempt has been made by the author of the 

 paper to restore it, on the basis of the historical notices de- 

 rivable from Claudian's two books against Eutropius. 



It was metrical: the lines alternately hexameter and pen- 

 tameter. 



The inscriptions found at Thyatira were nine in number, 

 of which four at least were entaphial. The others were 

 chiefly honorary tituli, and of these, the most perfect which 

 Dr. Kennedy Bailie found, was one which had been inscribed 

 on the pedestal of a statue erected in memory of the skill and 

 prowess of a distinguished Thyatirene athlete, Menander the 

 son of PauUus, by the youths of the first Heraclean Gym- 

 nasia. 



The most perfect amongst the sepulchral epigraphs was 

 found on a soros which had been the property of a distin- 

 guished citizen of Thyatira, named Fabius Zosimus. In this 

 are recited, at full length, the intentions of the owner, the 

 legal sanction under which they were to be carried into 

 effect, the names of the Proconsul and Registrar, as also the 

 date. 



It contains, moreover, some interesting notices relating to 

 the astyography of the ancient site amongst the ruins of 

 which it was found. 



Of the Sardian monuments, the most remarkable was one 

 which appeared to have been destined to commemorate the 

 munificence of Tiberius, Trajan, and, most probably, of Ha- 

 drian also, to the citizens of Sardes. 



