The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 5
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 5
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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589^47.) and Prudentiut (ii) . jSymmach. 1. ii. 694—719.) celebrate, without ambiguity/ the Roman vidory of follentia. T^ey are p perorations is itronjg;and elegant | but t'be iden^ tity of the jCimbric and Cfotiiic fieifds, piiuft be underfto«d (like Virgil's philippic Georgic i, 490.) according to the loofe geogra- phy of a poet. yercelJacand Pollentia are £xty miles from eacX| ' ' * otiur I OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. iZg The eloquence of Claudian (49) has celcbrat-Boidncft cd, with lavifli applauf...e, the vidory of Pollentia^J^^^;;;^ one of the moft glorious days in the life of his patron j but his reludtant and partial mufe be- flows more genuine praife on the charafter of the Gothic king. His name is indeed branded with the reproachful epithets of pirate and robber, to which the conquerors of every age are fo juftly entitled ; but the poet of Stilicho is compelled to acknowledge, that Alaric compelled the invin- cible temper of mind, which rifes fuperior to every misfortune, and derives new refources from ^dverfity.
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