Intercluso hac bellorum difficili sorte Constantio trans flumen Euphratem, Iulianus agens apud Viennam, firmandis in futura consiliis, dies impendebat et noctes, quantum opes patiebantur angustae, altius semet attollens, semperque ambigens, utrum Constantium modis omnibus alliceret in concordiam, an terroris incutiendi gratia lacesseret prior.
While Constantius was involved in this hard fortune of wars beyond the river Euphrates, Julian passed the time at Vienne, spending days and nights in making secure plans for the future, so far as his narrow means allowed, constantly gaining greater confidence, but always in doubt whether to try every means for inducing Constantius to come to an understanding, or to strike him with terror by attacking him first.
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