Hist. 2.31.1Haec ferōciter iactandō, postquam immissīs līctōribus Valēns coercēre sēditiōnem coeptābat, ipsum invādunt, saxa iaciunt, fugientem sequuntur.As they were fiercely uttering such things, and Valens, sending in his lictors, began trying to check the mutiny, they attack the man himself, throw stones and chase him as he flees. Hist. 2.31.1Spolia Galliārum et Viennēnsium aurum, pretia labōrum suōrum, occultāre clāmitantēs, dīreptīs sarcinīs tabernācula ducis ipsamque humum pīlīs et lanceīs rīmābantur;Shouting that he was hiding the spoils of the Gauls and the gold of the people of Vienne, the rewards of their labours, they plundered his baggage and searched the general's tents and the very ground with javelins and lances; Hist. 2.31.1nam Valēns servīlī veste apud decuriōnem equitum tegēbātur.for Valens, in a slave's clothing, was hiding with a decurion of the cavalry. Hist. 2.31.1Tum Alfēnus Vārus praefectus castrōrum, dēflagrante paulātim sēditiōne, addit cōnsilium, vetitīs obīre vigiliās centuriōnibus, omissō tubae sonō, quō mīles ad bellī mūnia ciētur.Then Alfenus Varus, the camp prefect, as the mutiny gradually burned itself out, adds a device of his own: the centurions were forbidden to go round the watches, and the trumpet-call, by which the soldiers are summoned to their military duties, was left off.
Hist. 2.31.1Igitur torpēre cūnctī, circumspectāre inter sē attonitī et id ipsum quod nēmō regeret paventēs;So all were paralysed, looked round at one another in bewilderment, frightened by the very fact that no one was in command; Hist. 2.31.1silentiō, patientiā, postrēmō precibus ac lacrimīs veniam quaerēbant.by silence, by submission and at last by prayers and tears they sought pardon. Hist. 2.31.1Ut vērō dēfōrmis et flēns et praeter spem incolumis Valēns prōcessit, gaudium miserātiō favor: versī in laetitiam, ut est vulgus utrōque immodicum, laudantēs grātantēsque circumdatum aquilīs signīsque in tribūnal ferunt.But when Valens came forward, disfigured and weeping and, beyond all hope, unharmed, there was joy, pity and goodwill: turned to gladness, as a crowd is immoderate in either direction, praising and congratulating him, they carry him, surrounded by the eagles and standards, to the tribunal. Hist. 2.31.1Ille ūtilī moderātiōne nōn supplicium cuiusquam poposcit, ac nē dissimulāns suspectior foret, paucōs incūsāvit, gnārus cīvīlibus bellīs plūs mīlitibus quam ducibus licēre.He, with useful moderation, demanded no one's punishment, but, so as not to be more suspect by dissembling, he rebuked a few, knowing that in civil wars more licence is allowed to soldiers than to generals.