Huni enim (ut sunt in coniectura sagaces), multitudinem esse longius aliquam suspicati, praetermissis quos viderant, in quietem tamquam nullo obstante compositis, rumpente noctis tenebras luna, vado fluminis penetrato, id quod erat potissimum elegerunt, et veriti ne praecursorius index procul agentes absterreat, Athanaricum ipsum ictu petivere veloci.
For the Huns, who are shrewd in arriving at conclusions, suspecting that there was some large force farther off, disregarded the troops which they had seen, and who had disposed themselves to rest, as if there was nothing to disturb them; then, when the moon broke into the darkness of night, they chose what seemed to be the best course, crossed the river by a ford, and fearing lest some informer should get ahead of them and frighten off the enemy who were at a distance, they made a swift attack on Athanaricus himself.
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