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BUT Arsacius did not long survive his accession to the bishopric;
for he died on the 11th of November under the following consulate,
which was Stilicho's second, and the first of Anthemius. In
consequence of the fact that the bishopric became desirable and many
aspired to the vacant see, much time elapsed before the election of a
successor: but at length in the following consulate, which was the
sixth of Arcadius, and the first of Probus, a devout man named
Atticus was promoted to the episcopate. He was a native of Sebastia
in Armenia, and had followed an ascetic life from an early age:
moreover in addition to a moderate share of learning, he possessed a
large amount of natural prudence. But I shall speak of him more
particularly a little later.
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