the army
in these districts, being at Sirmium, and having received some slight
intelligence of Julian's movements, collected the soldiers whom the
emergency gave time for being quickly called from their several
stations, and proposed to resist his advance.

6. Julian, however, like a firebrand or torch once kindled, hastened
quickly to his object; and when, at the waning of the moon, he had
reached Bonmunster, which is about nineteen miles from Sirmium,[116] and
when, therefore, the main part of the night was dark, he unexpectedly
quitted his boats, and at once sent forward Dagalaiphus with his light
troops to summon Lucillianus to his presence, and to drag him before him
if he resisted.

7. He was asleep, and when he was awakened by the violence of this
uproar, and saw himself surrounded by a crowd of strangers, perceiving
the state of the case, and being filled with awe at the name of the
emperor, he obeyed his orders, though sadly against his will. And though
commander of the cavalry, a little while before proud and fierce, he now
obeyed the will of another, and mounting a horse which was brought him
on a sudden, he was led before Julian, as an ignoble prisoner, and from
fear was hardly able to collect his senses.

8. But as soon as he saw the emperor, and was relieved by receiving
permission to offer his salutations to his purple robe, he recovered his
courage, and feeling safe said, "You have been incautious and rash, O
emperor, to trust yourself with but a few troops in the country of
another." But Julian, with a sarcastic smile, replied, "Keep these
prudent speeches for Constantius. I offered you the ensign of my royal
rank to ease you of your fears, and not to take you for my counsellor."

X.

Sec. 1. So after he had got rid of Lucillianus, thinking no further delay
or hesitation admissible, being bold and confident in all emergencies,
and on the way, as he presumed, to a city inclined to surrender, he
marched on with great speed. When he came near the suburbs, which are
very large and much extended, a vast crowd of soldiers and of every
class of the population came forth to meet him with lights and flowers
and auspicious prayers, and after saluting him as emperor and lord,
conducted him to the palace.

2. He, pleased at these favourable omens, and conceiving therefrom a
sanguine hope of future success, concluded that the example of so
populous and illustrious a metropolis would be followed as a
guidi