Saracens, Tzani, Isaurians, and Huns (Ephthalites ?) served under his standard; and a sudden incursion was made into the Roman territory, for which the imperial officers were wholly unprepared.

A considerable impression would probably have been produced, had not the weather proved exceedingly unpropitious.

Storms of rain and hail hindered the advance of the Persian troops, and allowed the Roman generals a breathing space, during which they collected an army.

But the Emperor Theodosius was anxious that the flames of war should not be relighted in this quarter; and his instructions to the prefect of the East, the Count Anatolius, were such as speedily led to the conclusion, first of a truce for a year, and then of a lasting treaty.

Anatolius repaired as ambassador to the Persian camp, on foot and alone, so as to place himself completely in Isdigerd's power--an act which so impressed the latter that (we are told) he at once agreed to make peace on the terms which Anatolius suggested.