The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . solved either to avenge his son or to share his fight was fierce and bloody. Two divisions ofthe Goths were routed ; the third line, protected by amorass, awaited the attack of the Romans, who, un-acquainted with the ground and burdened with theirheavy armour, were utterly defeated. The emperor THE FIGHT AT ABRITTA. 29 was killed, and his body was never found. Never beforehad the Roman Empire known so sad a day as this,which saw the ruin of a great army, and the death bybarbarian hands of one of the worthi
The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . solved either to avenge his son or to share his fight was fierce and bloody. Two divisions ofthe Goths were routed ; the third line, protected by amorass, awaited the attack of the Romans, who, un-acquainted with the ground and burdened with theirheavy armour, were utterly defeated. The emperor THE FIGHT AT ABRITTA. 29 was killed, and his body was never found. Never beforehad the Roman Empire known so sad a day as this,which saw the ruin of a great army, and the death bybarbarian hands of one of the worthiest emperors whoever ruled. Broken and disorganized, the Roman army offeredno further resistance to the Goths, who carried devas-tation over the provinces of Mcesia, Thrace, andlUyria, The new emperor, Trebonianus Gallus,found that it was hopeless to try to drive them outby force of arms, and he agreed to leave them inpossession of their prisoners and their booty, and topay them a large sum of money yearly on conditionthat they should leave the Roman territories III. FIRE AND SWORD IN ASIA AND GREECE. There was a terrible outcry amongst the Romanswhen it became known that the emperor Gallus hadagreed to bribe the Goths to keep the peace. Every-body said that Gallus was a traitor, and some peopleeven accused him of having intentionally caused theruin of Decius by his bad advice. To make mattersworse, a great plague broke out all over the empire,caused, the Romans fancied, by the anger of the godsat the treachery of their emperor. And before longit turned out that the disgraceful bargain that Gallushad made had not even answered its purpose, for aportion of the Goths, faithless to their engagements,continued to ravage the provinces of Illyria. Theywere defeated by a general named ^milianus, whoassumed the title of emperor. Gallus was murderedby his own soldiers, who joined the army of theusurper ; but soon afterwards he, too, was assassi-nated, and the empire came i
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