. 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:. f Rome wasthe last calamity of the Roman people. The bar-barian allies of Narses too frequently confoundedthe privileges of peace and war; the despair of theflying Goths found some consolation in sanguinaryrevenge; and three hundred youths of the noblestfamilies, who had been sent as hostages beyond thePo, were inhumanly slain by the successor of fate of the senate suggests an awful lesson ofthe vicissitude of hu
. 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:. f Rome wasthe last calamity of the Roman people. The bar-barian allies of Narses too frequently confoundedthe privileges of peace and war; the despair of theflying Goths found some consolation in sanguinaryrevenge; and three hundred youths of the noblestfamilies, who had been sent as hostages beyond thePo, were inhumanly slain by the successor of fate of the senate suggests an awful lesson ofthe vicissitude of human affairs. Of the senators whom Totila had banishedfrom their country, some were rescued by an officer of Belisarius, and trans-ported from Campania to Sicily; while others were too guilty to confide inthe clemency of Justinian, or too poor to provide horses for their escape tothe seashore. Their brethren languished five years in a state of indigenceand exile: the victory of Narses revived their hopes; but their prematurereturn to the metropolis was prevented by the furious Goths ; and all thefortresses of Campania were stained with patrician blood. After a period. A Gothic Warrior ODOACER TO THE TRIUMPH OF NARSES 421 [552-553 ] of thirteen centuries, the institution of Romulus expired ; and if the noblesof Rome still assumed the title of senators, few subsequent traces can bediscovered of a public council, or constitutional order. Ascend six hundredyears, and contemplate the kings of the earth soliciting an audience, as theslaves or freedmen of the Roman senate ! The Gothic War was yet alive. The bravest of the nation retired beyondthe Po ; and Teias was unanimously chosen to succeed and revenge theirdeparted hero. The new king immediately sent ambassadors to implore, orrather to purchase, the aid of the Franks, and nobly lavished for the publicsafety the riches which had been deposited in the palace of Pavia. Theresidue of the royal treasure was guarded by his brother A
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