His pro rerum ratione, ut sibi prodesse existimabat Constantius, aliisque minutis et levioribus ordinatis, ducum nuntiis docebatur et litteris, Persarum copias in unum coactas, rege turgido praeeunte, iam prope margines tendere Tigridis, incertum quonam erumpere cogitantes.
When these and other less important and trifling matters had been arranged as Constantius thought would be to his advantage under the circumstances, he was informed by messages and letters of his generals that the Persian forces had united with their haughty king at their head, and were already drawing near to the banks of the Tigris, but that where they were intending to break through was uncertain.
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