[Sidenote:—­12—­] [The Astingi, whose leaders were Raus and Raptus, came into Dacia to settle, in the hope of receiving both money and land in return for terms of alliance.  As they did not obtain this, they put their wives and children in the keeping of Clemens, [Footnote:  Sex.  Cornelius Clemens.] with the apparent intention of acquiring the land of the Costobocci by force of arms; and upon conquering them they injured Dacia no less.  The Lacringi, fearing that Clemens out of dread might lead these newcomers into the land which they were inhabiting, attacked them off their guard and won a decisive victory.  As a result, the Astingi committed no further deeds displaying hostility to the Romans, but by making urgent supplication to Marcus received money from him and asked that land might be given them if they should harm in some way his temporary enemies.  Now these performed some of their promises.  The Cotini made similar propositions, but upon getting control of Tarrutenius Paternus, secretary of the emperor’s Latin letters, under the pretext of requiring his aid for a campaign against the Marcomani, they not only failed to take this course but did him frightful injury and thereby ensured their own destruction later.]

[Sidenote:  A.D. 171 (a.u. 924)] When in one battle the Marcomani were successful and killed Marcus Vindex, the prefect, he erected three statues in his memory.

[Sidenote:—­13—­] [Envoys were also sent to Marcus by the Iazyges, requesting peace, but they did not obtain any.  For Marcus, knowing their race to be untrustworthy, and, furthermore, because he had been deceived by the Quadi, wished to annihilate them absolutely. [Footnote:  Reading [Greek:  exelein] (Boissevain) in place of the MS. [Greek:  exelthein].] The Quadi had not only made alliances at this time with the Iazyges, but previously, too, were wont to receive in their own land Marcomanian fugitives who might be hard pressed, while that tribe was at war with the Romans.  Nor did they do aught else that they had agreed, for they did not restore all the captives, but only a few, and these were such as they could not sell nor use for any work as helpers.  And whenever they did give back any of those in good condition, they would keep their relatives at home in order that the men given up might desert again to join their friends.  They also expelled their king, Furtius, and on their own responsibility made Ariogaesus king instead.  Consequently the emperor did not confirm him, since he had not been legally installed, nor renew the treaty of peace, though they promised to return fifty thousand captives if he would.]