Book 28
2.10
Meanwhile throughout Gaul there spread, to the ruin of many, a savage frenzy for brigandage, which kept watch of the frequented roads and fell indiscriminately upon everything profitable that fell in its way. Finally, in addition to many others who fell victim to such ambuscades, Constantianus,Perhaps the one mentioned in xxiii. 3, 9. chief of the imperial stables, a relative by marriage of Valentinian and own brother to Cerealis and Justina,Wife of Valentinian, previously married to Magnentius; cf. xxx. 10, 4. was surprised by an unexpected attack and presently slain.
2.11
But at a distance from there, as if the furies were stirring up similar troubles, the Maratocupreni, a fierce race of brigands, were ranging about on every side; they dwelt in a village of the same name situated near Apamia in Syria, were exceedingly numerous, skilled in crafty wiles, and dreaded because they roamed about quietly under the guise of honourable traders and soldiers, and fell upon rich houses, estates, and towns.
