. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. anEmpire, [but now] I choose the glory of renewing and main-taining by Gothic strength the fame of Rome, desiring to godown to posterity as the preserver of that Roman power whichit is beyond my power to replace. The Visigoths presently made a kind of treaty with thefeeble Western Emperor by which they were permitted tooccupy Spain and Southern Gaul: and here they establisheda permanent dominion, their king lording it over his own folkand also over the Romanized provincials, who as a rule foundtheir new Gothic lords more just an
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. anEmpire, [but now] I choose the glory of renewing and main-taining by Gothic strength the fame of Rome, desiring to godown to posterity as the preserver of that Roman power whichit is beyond my power to replace. The Visigoths presently made a kind of treaty with thefeeble Western Emperor by which they were permitted tooccupy Spain and Southern Gaul: and here they establisheda permanent dominion, their king lording it over his own folkand also over the Romanized provincials, who as a rule foundtheir new Gothic lords more just and less exacting than theformer imperial officials. This Gothic kingdom in Spain lastedtill 711. 6. The Germanic kingdoms within the falling had shown the way for many another Germanic warchief to enter the Empire. To make the last stand in Italyagainst the Visigoths, the Roman Government had beenobliged to recall the legions guarding the Rhine and the dis-tant province of Britain. Over the undefended frontiers soon THE GERMANS IN THE OLD EMPIRE 13. DECORATIVE METAL-WORK {In the Cabinet des Medaittes at the Bib-liotheque Nationale, Paris) poured one barbarian tribe after another — all seeking thelands and booty which the helpless provinces seemed so ableto supply. The fifth century witnessed the utter rending of theWestern Roman Empire. Cen-turies of peace had made theprovincials forget the use of armsand trust for all protection to theprofessional army, and now thisarmy was practically no the barbarians camein a comparatively inoffensivemanner; respected the Romansprivate rights and superior cul-ture; contented themselves withmerely a fair share of the pro-ducts of the soil and reasonable taxes. Sometimes the reverse was the case; the invasionsmeant blood, sack, slavery— the ruin, in short, of all the artsof peace, of all civilized life. At best the fifth century was atime when men of intelligent instincts must have believed thereal progress of
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