. . . "Following the decisive Gothic victory at Adrianople, Julius, the magister militum Eastern Roman Empire,[85] organized a widescale massacre of Goths in Asia Minor, Syria and other parts of the Roman East.[86] Fearing rebellion, Julian lured the Goths into the confines of urban streets from which they could not escape, massacring both soldiers and civilians alike.[86] As word spread among the Goths" .