History of the Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius the Great to the ...
History of the Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius the Great to the ...
Arthur Mapletoft Curteis
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It is said that as Alaric passed the gate an inward ter- ror troubled him; for to him, like many another barbarian, the name of " Eome" had been a fascination, — Rome, the capital of the world, the city of the apostles. He gave strict orders, therefore, whatever else was done, to spare the churches of St. Peter and St. PauL The flames meanwhile marched as fast or faster than the Goths, and often parents and children had much ado to escape in time from their houses into the streets. And in the s...treets was a foe haxdly less cruel than the fire, already drunk with lust and wine. Children and elders, women and men, poor and rich, all fared alike. As if to add to the horror of the scene, a terrific storm burst over the capital, and the lightning flash which revealed the surging crowd below, struck house, or temple, or statue, strewing the very Forum with ruins, and seeming to presage to the afirighted Digitized by Google 1 1 6 History of the Roman Empire pagans the departure of the gods themselves* Amid the awful terrors of that night — violence, rapine, and murder — ^two places of refuge alone gave effectual protection to the fleeing crowds, the two churches named above, which were thronged with ever - increasing numbers, — even pagans in their extremity bartering honour for safety, and assuming for the nonce the guise of Christians.
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