The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 3
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 3
Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman
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(48) Amoiw the fabulous exploits of BuoceUn, he discomfited and slew Belisarius, subdued Italy andr ffotlfj.ftc. .^Sec, n the Historians of France, Gregory of Touia (torn. IL I. ill. c. 33, p. 9030 and Aimol* itoin. ill. 1. iL de Gostis Franconun, c. 93, p. 5B) — j i- »/ OF TH£ ROMAN EMPIRE. 141 and the extieme lacds of Italy were the tenn of their dealnictive pmgrest The Franks, who were Christians and Catholics, contented themselves with simple pillage and occasional murder, fiut the churches... which their piety had spared, were stripped by the sacrileg^us hands of the Alemanni, who sacrificed horses' heads to their native deities of the woods and rivers ;(49) they melted or profaned the consecrated vessels, and the ruins of shrines and altars were stained with the blood of the faithful. Buccelin was actuated by ambition,and Lothaire by avarice. The former aspired to restore the Gothic kingdom : the latter, after a promise to hb brother of speedy succours,, returned by the same road to deposite his treasure beyond the Alps.
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