1By these and many more arguments of the same kind they had pushed matters so far that not even the legates and leaders of the party thought the army's fury could be quenched, when the Viennenses, well aware of their danger, carrying veils and fillets before them, once the column had come up, clasped the soldiers' weapons, knees and footsteps and so turned their hearts; 1Valens added three hundred sesterces for each soldier. 1Then the age and dignity of the colony prevailed, and the words of Fabius, as he commended the safety and preservation of the Viennenses, were received with favourable ears; 1as a community, however, they were punished by the loss of their arms; with private supplies of every kind they helped the soldiers.
1But there was a persistent rumour that Valens himself had been bought with a large sum of money. 1Long poor and suddenly rich, he hid the change in his fortune badly, unrestrained in desires inflamed by long want, and after a needy youth a prodigal old man. 1Then the army was led at a slow pace through the territory of the Allobroges and the Vocontii, while its commander put up for sale the very lengths of the marches and the changes of camp, in shameful bargains with the owners of the land and the magistrates of the communities, and so menacingly that at Lucus (this is a town of the Vocontii) he set torches to the place, until he was appeased with money.
1Whenever the means of paying money were lacking, he was won over by debauchery and adultery. 1So they reached the Alps.