The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 7
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 7
Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
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P2 21J tnc DECLINE ikHD FaIX CHAP, numbers had not been multiplied by the name, ^.^Jr^lv* the spirit, and the conduct of an hero* A chosea troop of guafds^ who served on hqrscback, and were armed with lances and bucklers, attended the person of Belisarius : his cavalry was com- posed of two hundred Iluns, three hundred Moorsy and femr thousand confedercUesy and the infantry consisted only of three thousand Isau- rians. Steering the same course as in his former expedition^ the Roman consul cast ...anchor before Catana in Sicily, to survey the strength of the island, and to decide whether be should attempt the conquest, or peaceably pursue his voyage for the African coast« He found a fruitful land amt a friendly people. Notwithstanding the decay of agriculture, Sicily still supjdicd the granaries of Home ; the farmers were graciously exempted from the oppression of military quarters ; and the Goths, who trusted the defence of the island to the inhabitants, had some reason to complain, that their confidence was ungratefully betrayed: instead of soliciting and expecting the aid of the king of Italy, they yielded to the first sum* mons a cheerful obedience : and this province, the first fruits of the Punic wars, was agam, after a long separation, united to the Roman empire.^ The Gothic garrison of Palermo, which alone at- tempted to resist, was reduced, after a short siege, by a singular stratagem.
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