at _Rome_, and, no doubt, the Pope with the rest, kept a rigorous Fast Three Days in the Week[1005]; so that, in his Opinion, they ought not to be blamed for rioting Four Days in the Week, provided they fasted Three. But to this Doctrine _Ammianus_ was a Stranger, and therefore, notwithstanding the Fasts they might keep, he justly censured their expensive Tables and Banquets, as no-ways suited to their Profession and Character. [Sidenote: Ursinus _recalled by_ Valentinian;] But to return to _Ursinus_; he had been banished _Rome_ by the Prefect _Juventius_, before the 26th of _October_ 366. as I have related above; but the Emperor _Valentinian_, who was at this time in _Gaul_, having, at the Request of his Friends, granted him Leave to return, he entered the City on the 15th of _September_ 367. in a kind of Triumph, being met and received with loud Acclamations by those of his Party[1006]. At the same time the Emperor directed a Rescript to _Prætextatus_, who had succeeded _Juventius_ in the Prefecture of _Rome_, injoining him to recall all those, who had been banned for the late Riots, and reinstate them in their former Condition, after warning them, that if, for the future, they disturbed the Peace of the Public, they should be punished without Mercy[1007]. [Sidenote: _but banished anew_.] But notwithstanding this Warning, new Disturbances must have happened, since _Ursinus_ was, by an Order from the Emperor, banished again on the 16th of _November_ of the same Year 367. together with Seven of his Followers, who were all confined to different Places in _Gaul_, where they continued till the Year 371[1008]. The Two Presbyters tell us, that _Damasus_, having, with large Sums, gained the Ministers and Favourites at Court, by their Means extorted from the Emperor the above-mentioned Order. They add, that the Friends of _Ursinus_ were resolved to stand by him; but that he, to prevent Bloodshed, delivered himself up into the Hands of the Officers of Justice[1009]. However that be, by the Banishment of _Ursinus_, and some of the leading Men of his Party, Tranquillity was restored for a while, and the Disturbances composed, says _Ammianus_, which the Christians had raised by quarreling among themselves[1010]. [Sidenote: _The Bishop of_ Rome _impowered by the Emperor to judge other Bishops_.]