esent ment ▁of ▁Roman us ' ▁pec ulations ▁and ▁his ▁failure ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁province ▁from ▁desert ▁nom ads ▁caused ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁prov inci als ▁to ▁revol t . ▁Val entin ian ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁▁ ▁sent ▁in ▁The odos ius ▁to ▁restore ▁imperial ▁control . ▁Over ▁the ▁following ▁two ▁years ▁The odos ius ▁un cover ed ▁Roman us ' ▁cr imes , ▁arrested ▁him ▁and ▁his ▁supp or ters , ▁and ▁defeated ▁F irm us . ▁ ▁In ▁ 3 7 3 , ▁host ilities ▁er upt ed ▁with ▁the ▁Qu adi , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁German ic - spe aking ▁people ▁living ▁on ▁the ▁upper ▁Dan ube . ▁Like ▁the ▁Al am anni , ▁the ▁Qu adi ▁were ▁out rag ed ▁that ▁Val entin ian ▁was ▁building ▁fort ifications ▁in ▁their ▁territory . ▁They ▁compla ined ▁and ▁sent ▁deput ations ▁to ▁the ▁mag ister ▁arm orum ▁per ▁Il ly ric um ▁A equ it ius , ▁who ▁promised ▁to ▁refer ▁the ▁matter ▁to ▁Val entin ian . ▁However , ▁the ▁increasing ly ▁influ ential ▁minister ▁Max imin us , ▁now ▁pra et or ian ▁pre fect ▁of ▁Ga ul , ▁bl amed ▁A equ it ius ▁to ▁Val entin ian ▁for ▁the ▁trouble , ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁have ▁him ▁promote ▁his ▁son ▁Marcel li anus ▁to ▁finish ▁the ▁project . ▁The ▁protest s ▁of ▁Qu adic ▁leaders ▁continued ▁to ▁delay ▁the ▁project , ▁and ▁to ▁put ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁their ▁cl am or ▁Marcel li anus ▁murder ed ▁the ▁Qu adic ▁king