Sed mihi ad sortem praefatae condicionis addita maioris nova est quoque causa laboris, ut me, conquirens solacia vana, tyrannus Attalus absentem casso oneraret honoris nomine, privatae comitivam largitionis dans mihi, quam sciret nullo subsistere censu iamque suo ipse etiam desisset fidere regno, solis quippe Gothis fretus male iam sibi notis, quos ad praesidium vitae praesentis habere, non etiam imperii poterat, per se nihil ipse aut opibus propriis aut ullo milite nixus.
But on me, besides my lot in the condition just described, a fresh cause of greater trouble was also imposed; namely that in his general groping after empty consolations, the tyrant Attalus burdened me in my absence with an empty title of distinction, making me Count of Private Largesses, although he knew that this office was sustained by no revenue, and even himself had now ceased to believe in his own royalty, dependent as he was upon the Goths alone of whom already he had had bitter experience, finding with them protection at the moment of his life but not of his authority, while of himself he was supported neither by resources of his own nor by any soldiery.
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