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patriam suam prodente civitas capta est. sed Aurelianus duo statim praecipua, quod unum severitatem ostenderet, alterum lenitatem, ex imperatoria mente monstravit. nam et Heraclammonem proditorem patriae suae sapiens victor occidit et, cum milites iuxta illud dictum, quo canem se relicturum apud Tyanos negarat, eversionem urbis exposcerent, respondit his : Canem," inquit, "negavi in hac urbe me relicturum ; canes omnes occidite. grande prin- i.e., the Goths, who invaded the country south of the Danube in the summer of 271. On the spoils and captives taken by Aurelian see c. xxxiii. 3-4 and xxxiv. 1. He commemorated the victory by assuming the name Gothicus Maximus and by coins with the legend Victoria Gothica; see Matt.-Syd. v. p. 303, no. 339. It was probably at this time that the districts north of the Danube were evacuated; see note to c. xxxix. 7. Meanwhile the Palmyrenes were driven out of Egypt by Probus, according to Prob., ix. 5. This happened after 11 Mar., (of which date there is a papyrus dated in the joint reign of Aurelian and Vaballathus) and before 29 Aug., 271, after which there are no Alexandrian coins of Vaballathus. cipis dictum, grandius militum factum 1; nam iocatum principis, quo praeda negabatur, civitas servabatur, totus exercitus ita quasi ditaretur accepit. Epistula de Heraclammone : Aurelianus Augustus Mallio Chiloni. occidi passus sum cuius quasi beneficio Tyanam recepi, ego vero proditorem amare non potui, et libenter tuli quod eum milites occiderunt; neque enim mihi fidem servare potuisset, qui patriae non pepercit, solum denique ex omnibus, qui oppugnabantur, campus accepit, divitem hominem negare non possum, sed cuius bona eius liberis reddidi, ne quis me causa pecuniae locupletem hominem occidi passum esse criminaretur.
