The Arianism of the Goths has been imputed to the emperor Valens:
"Itaque justo Dei judicio ipsi eum vivum incenderunt, qui propter eum etiam mortui, vitio erroris arsuri sunt." Orosius, l. vii. c. 33, p. 554.
This cruel sentence is confirmed by Tillemont (Mem. Eccles. tom. vi. p. 604 610), who coolly observes, "un seul homme entraina dans l'enfer un nombre infini de Septentrionaux," etc. Salvian (de Gubern. Dei, 1. v. p. 150, 151) pities and excuses their involuntary error.