. 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:. years. During this time he preparedhis troops to seek his fortune in the Western Empire. The military com-manders, whether Roman or barbarian, were equally indifferent to the fate ofthe people whom they were employed to defend; and the Greeks appear tohave suffered equal oppression from the armies of Stilicho and Alaric. The condition of the European Greeks underwent a great change for theworse, in consequence of this unfor
. 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:. years. During this time he preparedhis troops to seek his fortune in the Western Empire. The military com-manders, whether Roman or barbarian, were equally indifferent to the fate ofthe people whom they were employed to defend; and the Greeks appear tohave suffered equal oppression from the armies of Stilicho and Alaric. The condition of the European Greeks underwent a great change for theworse, in consequence of this unfortunate plundering expedition of the destruction of their property and the loss of their slaves were so great,that ihe evil could only have been slowly repaired under the best governmentand perfect security of their possessions. In the miserable condition to whichthe Eastern Empire was reduced, this was hopeless; and a long period elapsedbefore the mass of the population of Greece again attained the prosperouscondition in which Alaric had found it; nor were some of the cities whichhe destroyed ever rebuilt. The ruin of roads, aqueducts, cisterns, and public. Byzantine Peasant THE EEIGN OF ARCADIUS 33 [369 ] buildings, erected by the accumulation of capital in prosperous and enter-prising ages, was a loss which could never be repaired by a diminished andimpoverished population. History generally preserves but few traces of the devastations which affectonly the people; but the sudden misery inflicted on Greece was so great,when contrasted with her previous tranquillity, that testimonies of her suf-ferings are to be found in the laws of the empire. Her condition excitedthe compassion of the government during the reign of Theodosius II. Thereexists a law which exempts the cities of Illyricum from the charge of con-tributing towards the expenses of the public spectacles at Constantinople,in consequence of the sufferings which the ravages of the Goths and theoppressive a
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