. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. dispute was inflamed by the rash andunseasonable flattery of Vigilius, who passionately re-jected the comparison of a mere mortal with the divineTheodosius ; and it was with extreme difficulty thatMaximin and Priscus were able to divert the conver-sation, or to soothe the angry minds of the they rose from table, the imperial ambassadorpresented Edecon and Orestes with rich gifts of silk weapons of the Hunsro
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:. dispute was inflamed by the rash andunseasonable flattery of Vigilius, who passionately re-jected the comparison of a mere mortal with the divineTheodosius ; and it was with extreme difficulty thatMaximin and Priscus were able to divert the conver-sation, or to soothe the angry minds of the they rose from table, the imperial ambassadorpresented Edecon and Orestes with rich gifts of silk weapons of the Hunsrobes and Indian pearls, which they thankfully accepted. Yet Orestes could not forbear insinuating that he had not always been treatedwith such respect and liberality ; and the offensive distinction which wasimplied, between his civil office and the hereditary rank of his colleague,seems to have made Edecon a doubtful friend and Orestes an irreconcilableenemy. After this entertainment, they travelled about one hundred miles fromSardica to Naissus. That flourishing city, which had given birth to thegreat Constantine, was levelled with the ground ; the inhabitants were. 58 THE HISTORY OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE [448 AJ).] destroyed or dispersed ; and the appearance of some sick persons, who werestill permitted to exist among the ruins of the churches, served only toincrease the horror of the prospect. The surface of the country wascovered with the bones of the slain ; and the ambassadors, who directedtheir course to the northwest, were obliged to pass the hills of modernServia, before they descended into the flat and marshy grounds which areterminated by the Danube. When Attila first gave audience to the Roman ambassadors on the banksof the Danube, his tent was encompassed with a formidable guard. Themonarch himself was seated in a wooden chair. His stern countenance,angry gestures, and impatient tone astonished the firmness of Maximin; butVigilius had more reason to tremble, since he d
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