Hist. 1.68.1Hīs et plūribus in eundem modum perpulerant ut nē lēgātī quidem ac ducēs partium restinguī posse īrācundiam exercitūs arbitrārentur, cum haud ignārī discrīminis suī Viennēnsēs, vēlāmenta et īnfulās praeferentēs, ubi agmen incesserat, arma genua vestīgia prēnsandō flexēre mīlitum animōs;By 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; Hist. 1.68.1addidit Valēns trecēnōs singulīs mīlitibus sēstertiōs.Valens added three hundred sesterces for each soldier. Hist. 1.68.1Tum vetustās dignitāsque colōniae valuit et verba Fabī salūtem incolumitātemque Viennēnsium commendantis aequīs auribus accepta;Then 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; Hist. 1.68.1pūblicē tamen armīs multātī, prīvātīs et prōmiscīs cōpiīs iūvēre mīlitem.as a community, however, they were punished by the loss of their arms; with private supplies of every kind they helped the soldiers.
Hist. 1.68.1Sed fāma cōnstāns fuit ipsum Valentem magnā pecūniā ēmptum.But there was a persistent rumour that Valens himself had been bought with a large sum of money. Hist. 1.68.1Is diū sordidus, repente dīves mūtātiōnem fortūnae male tegēbat, accēnsīs egestāte longā cupīdinibus immoderātus et inopī iuventā senex prōdigus.Long 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. Hist. 1.68.1Lentō deinde agmine per fīnīs Allobrogum ac Vocontiōrum ductus exercitus, ipsa itinerum spatia et statīvōrum mūtātiōnēs venditante duce, foedīs pactiōnibus adversus possessōrēs agrōrum et magistrātūs cīvitātum, adeō mināciter ut Lūcō (mūnicipium id Vocontiōrum est) facēs admōverit, dōnec pecūniā mītigārētur.Then 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.
Hist. 1.68.1Quotiēns pecūniae māteria dēesset, stuprīs et adulteriīs exōrābātur.Whenever the means of paying money were lacking, he was won over by debauchery and adultery. Hist. 1.68.1Sīc ad Alpīs perventum.So they reached the Alps.