. 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:. ngstrength of an impregnable fortress. That unfortunate monarch, after the loss of his capital, applied himselfto collect the remains of an army scattered, rather than destroyed, by thepreceding battle ; and the hopes of pillage attracted some Moorish bands tothe standard of Gelimer. He encamped in the fields of Bulla, four daysjourney from Carthage ; insulted the capital, which he deprived of the useof an aqueduct; propose
. 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:. ngstrength of an impregnable fortress. That unfortunate monarch, after the loss of his capital, applied himselfto collect the remains of an army scattered, rather than destroyed, by thepreceding battle ; and the hopes of pillage attracted some Moorish bands tothe standard of Gelimer. He encamped in the fields of Bulla, four daysjourney from Carthage ; insulted the capital, which he deprived of the useof an aqueduct; proposed a high reward for the head of every Roman ;affected to spare the persons and property of his African subjects, andsecretly negotiated with the Arian sectaries and the confederate Huns. Under these circumstances, the conquest of Sardinia served only to aggra-vate his distress ; he reflected with the deepest anguish that he had wasted, inthat useless enterprise, five thousand of his bravest troops ; and he read, withgrief and shame, the victorious letters of his brother Zano, who expressed asanguine confidence that the king, after the example of their ancestors, had. Byzantine Oil Vase 94 THE HISTORY OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE [534 ] already chastised the rashness of the Roman invader. Alas ! my brother,replied Gelimer, heaven has declared against our unhappy nation. Whileyou have subdued Sardinia, we have lost Africa. No sooner did Belisariusappear with a handful of soldiers, than courage and prosperity deserted thecause of the Vandals. Your nephew Gibamund, your brother Ammatas,have been betrayed to death by the cowardice of their followers. Ourhorses, our ships, Carthage itself, and all Africa, are in the power of theenemy. Yet the Vandals still prefer an ignominious repose, at the expenseof their wives and children, their wealth and liberty. Nothing now remainsexcept the field of Bulla and the hope of your valour. Abandon Sardinia ;fly to our relief ; restore our empire, or
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