Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.5.17

[17] After many disasters had been suffered and many cruel calamities had been inflicted, Philippopolis was destroyed ¹ and a hundred thousand people (unless the histories are false) were butchered within her walls. Foreign foes roamed at will over Epirus, Thessaly and the whole of Greece; but after the illustrious general Claudius became emperor and after he had been snatched from us by a noble death, ² they were driven out by Aurelian, ³ a vigorous man and a severe avenger of their sins, and remained quiet for long ages, except that afterwards single bands of robbers made raids into the neighbouring regions, but very rarely and to their own destruction. But let me go on with the narrative from which I digressed.