nd then again sinking to a
perfect level like a plain, without doing any injury to the sailors.
From Boulogne he crossed the strait in a leisurely manner, and reached
Richborough, a very tranquil station on the opposite coast.

7. And when the Batavi, and Heruli, and the Jovian and Victorian legions
who followed from the same place, had also arrived, he then, relying on
their number and power, landed and marched towards Londinium, an ancient
town which has since been named Augusta; and dividing his army into
several detachments, he attacked the predatory and straggling bands of
the enemy who were loaded with the weight of their plunder, and having
speedily routed them while driving prisoners in chains and cattle before
them, he deprived them of their booty which they had carried off from
these miserable tributaries of Rome.

8. To whom he restored the whole except a small portion which he
allotted to his own weary soldiers; and then joyful and triumphant he
made his entry into the city which had just before been overwhelmed by
disasters, but was now suddenly re-established almost before it could
have hoped for deliverance.

9. This success encouraged him to deeds of greater daring, and after
considering what counsels might be the safest, he hesitated, being full
of doubts as to the future, and convinced by the confession of his
prisoners and the information given him by deserters, that so vast a
multitude, composed of various nations, all incredibly savage, could
only be vanquished by secret stratagems and unexpected attacks.

10. Then, by the publication of several edicts, in which he promised
them impunity, he invited deserters and others who were straggling about
the country on furlough, to repair to his camp. At this summons numbers
came in, and he, though eager to advance, being detained by anxious
cares, requested to have Civilis sent to him, to govern Britain, with
the rank of proprefect, a man of quick temper, but just and upright; and
he asked at the same time for Dulcitius, a general eminent for his
military skill.

IX.

Sec. 1. These were the events which occurred in Britain. But in another
quarter, from the very beginning of Valentinian's reign, Africa had been
overrun by the fury of the barbarians, intent on bloodshed and rapine,
which they sought to carry on by audacious incursions. Their
licentiousness was encouraged by the indolence and general covetousness
of the soldiers, and especially by the