Tamen ne intepesceret, aut omisisse belli videretur aliud latus, adventus sui terrorem ubique dispergens, veritusque ne Africa absente eo perrumperetur, ad omnes casus principibus opportuna, velut finibus Orientis egressurus, per mare notarium misit Gaudentium, quem exploratorem actuum Iuliani per Gallias aliquamdiu fuisse praestrinximus.
Nevertheless, that he might not grow lukewarm or seem to have neglected the other side of the war, spreading everywhere the terror of his coming; and fearing lest Africa should be invaded in his absence, a province advantageous to the emperors for all occasions, as if he were on the point of leaving the regions of the East, he sent to Africa by sea the secretary Gaudentius, who (as I have hinted before) had been for some time in Gaul to watch the actions of Julian.
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