203 – i. e. the Count of the East.

204 – This refers to the famous sedition at Antioch, when the

mob, enraged at the imposition of new taxes, overthrew

the Emperor’s statues, and dragged them through the city.

After a period of suspense, during which S. Chrysostom

preached the Homilies on the Statues, Theodosius, who had

at first been violently enraged, sent them a free pardon.

This was in the previous year.

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