▁Gab ini us ▁at ▁a ▁ban quet ▁ost ens ibly ▁arranged ▁for ▁peace ful ▁negoti ations . ▁This ▁r oused ▁the ▁Qu adi ▁to ▁war , ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁al lies ▁the ▁S arm ati ans . ▁During ▁the ▁fall , ▁they ▁crossed ▁the ▁Dan ube ▁and ▁began ▁rav aging ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁P ann onia ▁Val eria . ▁The ▁mar aud ers ▁could ▁not ▁pen et rate ▁the ▁fort ified ▁cities , ▁but ▁they ▁heavily ▁dam aged ▁the ▁un protected ▁coun tr ys ide . ▁Two ▁leg ions ▁were ▁sent ▁in ▁but ▁failed ▁to ▁coordinate ▁and ▁were ▁rout ed ▁by ▁the ▁S arm ati ans . ▁Meanwhile , ▁another ▁group ▁of ▁S arm ati ans ▁inv aded ▁Mo esia , ▁but ▁were ▁driven ▁back ▁by ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁The odos ius , ▁D ux ▁Mo es iae ▁and ▁later ▁em peror ▁The odos ius . ▁ ▁Val entin ian ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁news ▁of ▁these ▁cr ises ▁until ▁late ▁ 3 7 4 . ▁The ▁following ▁spring ▁he ▁set ▁out ▁from ▁T rier ▁and ▁arrived ▁at ▁Car n unt um , ▁which ▁was ▁desert ed . ▁There ▁he ▁was ▁met ▁by ▁S arm at ian ▁en vo ys ▁who ▁begg ed ▁forg iveness ▁for ▁their ▁actions . ▁Val entin ian ▁replied ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁investigate ▁what ▁had ▁happened ▁and ▁act ▁accordingly . ▁Val entin ian ▁ignored ▁Marcel li anus ’ ▁tre acher ous ▁actions ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁pun ish ▁the ▁Qu adi . ▁He ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁Sebastian us ▁and ▁Mer oba