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1、BookV:TheGothicWar.HistoryoftheWarsbyProcopiusHomeSiteMenuReligionMenuInterestingMenuHumourMenuGuestbookForumEmailProducedbyJonathanIngram,EmmyandtheOnlineDistributedProofreadingTeamathttp://www.pgdp.netIndex
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8、omansinLibya.IshallnowproceedtotheGothicWar,firsttellingallthatbefelltheGothsandItaliansbeforethiswar.DuringthereignofZenoByzantiumthepowerintheWestwasheldbyAugustus,whomtheRomansusedtocallbythediminutivename474-491a.d.Augustulusbecausehetookovertheempirewhilestillalad,hisfa
9、therOrestes,amanofthegreatestdiscretion,administeringitasregentforhim.NowithappenedthattheRomansashorttimebeforehadinducedJuly31,475a.d.theSciriandAlaniandcertainotherGothicnationstoformanalliancewiththem;andfromthattimeonitwastheirfortunetosufferatthehandofAlaricandAttilath
10、osethingswhichhavebeentoldinthepreviousnarrative.[1]Andinproportionasthebarbarianelementamongthembecamestrong,justsodidtheprestigeoftheRomansoldiersforthwithdecline,andunderthefairnameofalliancetheyweremoreandmoretyrannizedoverbytheintrudersandoppressedbythem;sothatthebarbar
11、iansruthlesslyforcedmanyothermeasuresupontheRomansmuchagainsttheirwillandfinallydemandedthattheyshoulddividewiththemtheentirelandofItaly.AndindeedtheycommandedOrestestogivethemthethirdpartofthis,andwhenhewouldbynomeansagreetodoso,theykilledhimimmediately.Nowtherewasacertainm
12、anamongtheRomansnamedOdoacer,oneofthebodyguardsoftheemperor,andheatthattimeJuly28,476a.d.agreedtocarryouttheircommands,onconditionthattheyshouldsethimuponthethrone.Andwhenhehadreceivedthesupremepowerinthisway,hedidtheemperornofurtherharm,butallowedhimtolivethenceforthasapriv
13、atecitizen.AndbygivingthethirdpartofthelandtotheJuly28,476a.d.barbarians,andinthiswaygainingtheirallegiancemostfirmly,heheldthesupremepowersecurelyfortenyears.[2]ItwasataboutthissametimethattheGothsalso,whoweredwellinginThracewiththepermissionoftheemperor,tookuparmsagainstth
14、eRomansundertheleadershipofTheoderic,amanwhowasofpatricianrankandhadattaine
