[6] And already the time for carrying out the plans was near at hand, when that leader, 1 eager for deeds of daring, learning of this from a prearranged source, 2 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, 3 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, [p. 135] lest by spreading fear among many the disturbances in the provinces, which had just been lulled to sleep, should be revived.
