| Valens' officers also recommended that he wait for Gratian, but Valens decided to fight without waiting, ready to claim the ultimate prize. |
| He was residing in Antioch in 372 when a certain Theodorus was thought to have been identified the successor to the emperor Valens by divination. |
| At last they asked what was the name of him who should succeed to the Emperor Valens? |
| Valens says that it is evident that the nativity is a notable one because all the triplicity rulers are in their own signs and two of them are angular. |
| Sure that he would be victorious due to his supposed numerical superiority, Valens rejected these proposals. |
| On 6 August, reconnaissance informed Valens that about 10,000 Goths were marching towards Adrianople from the north, about 25 kilometers away. |
