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1、《HISTORYOFROMAN-3》ChapterXXXI:InvasionOfItaly,OccupationOfTerritoriesByBarbarians.PartI.InvasionOfItalyByAlaric.-MannersOfTheRomanSenateAndPeople.-RomeIsThriceBesieged,AndAtLengthPillaged,ByTheGoths.-DeathOfAlaric.-TheGothsEvacuateItaly.-FallOfConstanti
2、ne.-GaulAndSpainAreOccupiedByTheBarbarians.-IndependenceOfBritain.Theincapacityofaweakanddistractedgovernmentmayoftenassumetheappearance,andproducetheeffects,ofatreasonablecorrespondencewiththepublicenemy.IfAlarichimselfhadbeenintroducedintothecouncilof
3、Ravenna,hewouldprobablyhaveadvisedthesamemeasureswhichwereactuallypursuedbytheministersofHonorius.^1ThekingoftheGothswouldhaveconspired,perhapswithsomereluctance,todestroythe173用心爱心专心formidableadversary,bywhosearms,inItaly,aswellasinGreece,hehadbeentwic
4、eoverthrown.TheiractiveandinterestedhatredlaboriouslyaccomplishedthedisgraceandruinofthegreatStilicho.ThevalorofSarus,hisfameinarms,andhispersonal,orhereditary,influenceovertheconfederateBarbarians,couldrecommendhimonlytothefriendsoftheircountry,whodesp
5、ised,ordetested,theworthlesscharactersofTurpilio,Varanes,andVigilantius.Bythepressinginstancesofthenewfavorites,thesegenerals,unworthyastheyhadshownthemselvesofthenamesofsoldiers,^2werepromotedtothecommandofthecavalry,oftheinfantry,andofthedomestictroop
6、s.TheGothicprincewouldhavesubscribedwithpleasuretheedictwhichthefanaticismofOlympiusdictatedtothesimpleanddevoutemperor.Honoriusexcludedallpersons,whowereadversetotheCatholicchurch,fromholdinganyofficeinthestate;obstinatelyrejectedtheserviceofallthosewh
7、odissentedfromhisreligion;andrashlydisqualifiedmanyofhisbravestandmostskilfulofficers,whoadheredtothePaganworship,orwhohadimbibedtheopinionsofArianism.^3Thesemeasures,soadvantageoustoanenemy,Alaricwouldhaveapproved,andmightperhapshavesuggested;butitmays
8、eemdoubtful,whethertheBarbarianwouldhavepromotedhisinterest173用心爱心专心attheexpenseoftheinhumanandabsurdcrueltywhichwasperpetratedbythedirection,oratleastwiththeconnivanceoftheImperialministers.Theforeignauxiliaries,whohadbeenattach
