65. See Panegyr. Vet. ix. 16, x. 27. The former of these
orators magnifies the hoards of corn which Maxentius had
collected from Africa and the islands. And yet, if there is
any truth in the scarcity mentioned by Eusebius (in Vit.
Constantin. l. i. c. 36), the Imperial granaries must have
been open only to the soldiers.