The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . COINS OF THEODAHAD. and beautiful young lady had been promised to himin marriage, and the king, influenced by a bribe, hadcompelled her to marry another man. Optahari setout in pursuit of the fugitive, and by riding night andday managed to overtake him before he reachedRavenna. Screaming with fright, the wretched kingwas thrown on the ground and killed— like ananimal offered in sacrifice, says the contemporaryhistorian. Such was the end of the most despicable wretchthat ever disgraced the Gothic name. It has strang
The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . COINS OF THEODAHAD. and beautiful young lady had been promised to himin marriage, and the king, influenced by a bribe, hadcompelled her to marry another man. Optahari setout in pursuit of the fugitive, and by riding night andday managed to overtake him before he reachedRavenna. Screaming with fright, the wretched kingwas thrown on the ground and killed— like ananimal offered in sacrifice, says the contemporaryhistorian. Such was the end of the most despicable wretchthat ever disgraced the Gothic name. It has strangelyhappened that while we have no record of the per- 220 AN UN KINGLY KING, sonal appearance of the great Theoderic, the featuresof his worthless nephew have come down to us onseveral of his coins. We cannot doubt that the por-trait is a faithful one ; it expresses too well the mix-ture of knavery, folly, and cowardice which composedTheodahads o^
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