He next led the army by slow stages through the country of the Allobroges and Vocontii, bribes to the general determining the length of each day's march and the choice of a camp. For Valens struck disgraceful bargains with the landowners and municipal authorities, often applying violent threats, as, for instance, at Lucus, a township of the Vocontii, which he threatened to burn, until he was appeased with money.
Gero, ibilera mantxoan, alobrogoen eta vokontzioen lurretan zehar eraman zuten armada, buruzagiak bidaldiekin eta kanpaldien aldakuntzekin tratu itsusiak eginez, hain larderiatsu, ezen zuziak Lukora (vokontzioen hiria berau) hurbildu baitzituen, diruz baretu zuten arte.