“ Shortly after his accession he routed the Alamanni on the Lacus Benacus (some doubt is thrown upon this) ; in 269 a great victory over the Goths at Naïssus in Moesia gained him the title of Gothicus. In the following year he died of the plague at Sirmium, in his fifty-sixth year. He enjoyed great popularity, and appears to have been a man of ability and character. ”