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VALENS, however, spurned these excellent counsellors, and sent
out his troops to join battle while he himself sat waiting in a hamlet
for the victory. His troops could not stand against the barbarians'
charge, turned tail and were slain one after another as they fled, the
Romans fleeing at full speed and the barbarians chasing them with all
their might. When Valens heard of the defeat he strove to conceal
himself in the village where he lay, but when the barbarians came up
they set the place on fire and together with it burnt the enemy of
piety.
Thus in this present life Valens paid the penalty of his errors.
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