Julian

“ But if you form some other design, — for I learn that you are a rascal [6] and a coward in war and a boaster, as the present condition of affairs proves; indeed I have heard that you are secretly trying to conceal at your court a certain enemy of the public welfare, — for the present I postpone this matter because of the fortune of war; for my alliance with the gods is enough to secure the destruction of the enemy. But if Destiny should also play some part in the decision, — for the purpose of the gods is her opportunity, — I will endure it fearlessly and like a brave man. ”

“ To Arsaces, Satrap of Armenia [1]
[363, Antioch, just before Julian's Persian campaign] Make haste, Arsacius, [2] to meet the enemy's battle line and quicker than I tell [3] you arm your right hand against the madness of the Persians. ”