Quibus percitus, ut propius agens, futuros possit antevenire conatus, quam primum hibernis egressus, accito undique equitatu, peditumque robore, quo fidebat, per Capersanam Euphrate navali ponte transcurso Edessam petit, uberem commeatibus et munitam, ibi parumper operiens, dum exploratores aut perfugae motum castrorum hostilium indicarent.
Aroused by this news, Constantius left his winter quarters as speedily as possible, in order to act from nearer at hand and so be able to anticipate the coming attempts. He gathered from all sides cavalry and the flower of his infantry, on which he relied, and crossing the Euphrates by Capersana on a bridge of boats, proceeded to Edessa, a city strongly fortified and well supplied with provisions; there he waited for a time, until scouts or deserters should give information of the moving of the enemys camp.
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