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| | Rome - Vol III, Chapter XXXII, Part 2 |
 | | This design was secretly communicated to the national troops, who devoted themselves to the fortunes of their leader; and before the signal of departure was given, a great number of provincial auxiliaries, whom he suspected of an attachment to their native country, were perfidiously massacred. |
 | | The Goths advanced, by rapid marches, through the plains of Thrace; and they were soon delivered from the fear of a pursuit, by the vanity of Fravitta, A who, instead of extinguishing the war, hastened to enjoy the popular applause, and to assume the peaceful honors of the consulship. |
 | | But a formidable ally appeared in arms to vindicate the majesty of the empire, and to guard the peace and liberty of Scythia. |
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