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And already the time for carrying out the plans was near at hand, when that leader,Theodosius. eager for deeds of daring, learning of this from a prearranged source,From those ordered to watch Valentinus. resolved with lofty heart to punish those who were found guilty: Valentinus indeed, along with a few of his closest associates, he had consigned to the general Dulcitius,Cf. xxvii. 8, 10. to be punished with death; but with the military knowledge in which he surpassed all his contemporaries, he divined future dangers, and as to the rest of the conspirators forbade the carrying on of investigations, lest by spreading fear among many the disturbances in the provinces, which had just been lulled to sleep, should be revived.
