Gibbon says that he totally destroyed no less than seventy cities in the Balkan peninsula, and Theodosius bought him off by payments of tribute and tried to get rid of him for good by sending secret agents to assassinate him.

• 吉本说他毁灭的巴尔干半岛城市总共多达70个，狄奥多西向他进贡，以此收买他，并且试图通过派特务去暗杀，永远摆脱他。