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[16] Emperor Decius and Decius his son [p. 419] fell in battle with the barbarians. 1 The cities of Pamphylia were beleaguered, 2 very many islands laid waste, 3 all Macedonia was given to the flames; for a long time the horde laid siege to Thessalonica 4 and to Cyzicus as well. Anchialos was taken, and at the same time Nicopolis, which the emperor Trajan founded to commemorate his victory over the Dacians.

1 The chronology is at fault; cf. Aur. Vict., Caes. 29, 5.

2 Cf. Treb. Poll., Gallienus, 13, 6.

3 Crete, Cyprus, and Rhodes; cf. Treb. Poll., Claud. 12, 1; Zos. i. 46.

4 Under Valerian and Claudius; see note 1, above.

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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