Book 25
10.8
This sad news was followed by another message, this time a happy one, namely, that soldiers sent by Jovian, heads of the divisions,There were many military scholae (see Index II., vol. i. s.v., and cf. xiv. 7, 9); capita is a general term for the various officers commanding them; cf. capita contubernii, Veget. ii. 8 and 13. as camp parlance termed them, were on the way, reporting that the Gallic army embraced with favour the rule of Jovian.
10.9
On receipt of this news Valentinian, who had returned with the others, was entrusted with the command of the second division of the targeteers, and Vitalianus, formerly a soldier in the division of the Eruli, was made a member of the household troops; long afterwards he was raised to the rank of Count, but suffered a defeat in Illyricum. Arintheus was hastily sent to Gaul, bearing letters to Jovinus, urging him to act firmly in holding his position; he was also bidden to punish the originator of the disturbance and to send the ringleaders in the rebellion in fetters to the court.
10.10
After these arrangements had been made as seemed expedient, the officers of the Gallic troops had audience with the emperor at Aspuna, a small town of Galatia; when they entered the council chamber, the news which they brought was heard with pleasure, and after receiving rewards, they were ordered to return to their posts.
