Quod ne fieret consilio sollerti praevidit, et agminibus distributis, per itinera Italiae nota quosdam properaturos cum Iovino misit et Iovio, alios per mediterranea Raetiarum magistro equitum Nevittae commissos, quo diffusi per varia, opinionem numeri praeberent immensi, formidineque cuncta complerent.
To prevent this from happening, he devised an ingenious plan: he divided his army and sent one part with Jovinus and Jovius to march rapidly along the familiar roads of Italy; the others were assigned to Nevitta, the commander of the cavalry, to advance through, the middle of Raetia; to the end that, being spread over various parts of the country, they might give the impression of a huge force and fill everything with alarm.
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