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[2] To Valentinian, in accordance with whose wish the matter was settled, fell Jovinus, [p. 591] who had previously been promoted by Julian to be commander of the cavalry 1 in Gaul, and Dagalaifus, whom Jovian had raised to the same rank. But it was arranged that Victor, who had also been promoted by the decision of the aforesaid emperor, should follow Valens to the Orient, and with him Arintheus was associated. For Lupicinus, who also had formerly been made commander of the cavalry by Jovian, was already in charge of the eastern provinces.

1 ee xxi. 12, 2, and Introd., p. xxxiv, note 3.

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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