The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . ermany to-day, in modernWiirtemberg and the surrounding regions. (6) The VANDALS. These were a tribe closely allied to the Goths; butthey need special mention because they established their rule over a vastVandal kingdom, covering all Northern Africa. Of the way in which the German tribes overran the Roman Empire in thefourth and fifth centuries, you have
The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . ermany to-day, in modernWiirtemberg and the surrounding regions. (6) The VANDALS. These were a tribe closely allied to the Goths; butthey need special mention because they established their rule over a vastVandal kingdom, covering all Northern Africa. Of the way in which the German tribes overran the Roman Empire in thefourth and fifth centuries, you have already learned in the story of general southward movement was started by the Huns, a strange Asiaticpeople, who pressed upon them from the East. The Huns were, as a race,much smaller than the Germans; but they were splendid horsemen and veryfierce, and they shot arrows with deadly precision from a distance muchfarther than a German spear could be thrown. Besides, they moved in a com-pact body, and thus easily brushed aside their more scattered opponents. Thelatter, as they crowded southward, became themselves more unified and power-ful. Alaric and his Goths captured Rome; Geiseric and his Vandals sacked itin their turn. y. Germany—The Decay of Rome 5^5 Even the show of resistance which the ancient Empire made against the in-vaders, was not really her own. You must bear in mind that from the time ofCaesar, German soldiers had been entering the Roman army in ever increasingnumbers, until they formed the heart and sinew of all the legions. This shouldbe clearly understood; for in the battles waged in defence of dying Rome, itwas often Germans who fought Germans. There were generals and ev^en em-perors of their race. So, whichever side won, Germans reaped the spoils, andthe unhappy degenerates of decaying Rome paid and suffered for all.
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