h they
advanced were true or false. And this vice is one very much to be
dreaded, even in private affairs of everyday occurrence.

7. He was dilatory and sluggish; of a swarthy complexion; had a cast in
one eye, a blemish, however, which was not visible at a distance; his
limbs were well set; his figure was neither tall nor short; he was
knock-kneed, and rather pot-bellied.

8. This is enough to say about Valens: and the recollection of his
contemporaries will fully testify that this account is a true one. But
we must not omit to mention that when he had learnt that the oracle of
the tripod, which we have related to have been moved by Patricius and
Hilanus, contained those three prophetic lines, the last of which is,--

+"En pedioisi Mimantos alalkomenoisin area."+

"Repelling murd'rous war in Mimas' plain;"

--he, being void of accomplishments and illiterate, despised them at
first; but as his calamities increased, he became filled with abject
fear, and, from a recollection of this same prophecy, began to dread the
very name of Asia, where he had been informed by learned men that both
Homer and Cicero had spoken of the Mountain of Mimas over the town of
Erythrae.

9. Lastly,--after his death, and the departure of the enemy, it is said
that a monument was found near the spot where he is believed to have
died, with a stone fixed into it inscribed with Greek characters,
indicating that some ancient noble of the name of Mimas was buried
there.

XV.

Sec. 1. After this disastrous battle, when night had veiled the earth in
darkness, those who survived fled, some to the right, some to the left,
or wherever fear guided them, each man seeking refuge among his
relations, as no one could think of anything but himself, while all
fancied the lances of the enemy sticking in their backs. And far off
were heard the miserable wailings of those who were left behind--the
sobs of the dying, and the agonizing groans of the wounded.

2. But when daylight returned, the conquerors, like wild beasts rendered
still more savage by the blood they had tasted, and allured by the
temptations of groundless hope, marched in a dense column upon
Hadrianople, resolved to run any risk in order to take it, having been
informed by traitors and deserters that the principal officers of State,
the insignia of the imperial authority, and the treasures of Valens had
all been placed there for safety, as in an impregnable fortress.

3. And to pr