The Gothic War Halts the Persecution

Once the barbarians had been put in possession of Thrace and were securely enjoying that Roman province, they could not bear their good fortune with moderation. They turned on their benefactors and laid waste the whole of Thrace and the neighboring countries. When this came to the knowledge of Valens, he stopped sending the supporters of the homoousion into exile. In great alarm he left Antioch and came to Constantinople, where the persecution of the orthodox Christians had likewise come to an end for the same reason. At the same time Euzoius, the bishop of the Arians at Antioch, died, in the fifth consulship of Valens and the first of Valentinian the Younger; and Dorotheus was appointed in his place. [a]