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1、《HISTORYOFROMAN-3》ChapterXXXV:InvasionByAttila.PartI.InvasionOfGaulByAttila.-HeIsRepulsedByAetiusAndTheVisigoths.-AttilaInvadesAndEvacuatesItaly.-TheDeathsOfAttila,Aetius,AndValentinianTheThird.ItwastheopinionofMarcian,thatwarshouldbeavoided,aslongasitispossiblet
2、opreserveasecureandhonorablepeace;butitwaslikewisehisopinion,thatpeacecannotbehonorableorsecure,ifthesovereignbetraysapusillanimousaversiontowar.ThistemperatecouragedictatedhisreplytothedemandsofAttila,whoinsolentlypressedthepaymentoftheannualtribute.Theemperorsi
3、gnifiedtotheBarbarians,thattheymustnolongerinsultthemajestyofRomebythementionofatribute;thathewasdisposedtoreward,withbecomingliberality,thefaithfulfriendshipofhisallies;butthat,iftheypresumedtoviolatethepublicpeace,theyshouldfeelthathepossessedtroops,andarms,and
4、resolution,torepeltheirattacks.Thesamelanguage,eveninthecampoftheHuns,wasusedbyhisambassadorApollonius,whoseboldrefusaltodeliver84用心爱心专心thepresents,tillhehadbeenadmittedtoapersonalinterview,displayedasenseofdignity,andacontemptofdanger,whichAttilawasnotpreparedto
5、expectfromthedegenerateRomans.^1HethreatenedtochastisetherashsuccessorofTheodosius;buthehesitatedwhetherheshouldfirstdirecthisinvinciblearmsagainsttheEasternortheWesternempire.Whilemankindawaitedhisdecisionwithawfulsuspense,hesentanequaldefiancetothecourtsofRaven
6、naandConstantinople;andhisministerssalutedthetwoemperorswiththesamehaughtydeclaration."Attila,mylord,andthylord,commandstheetoprovideapalaceforhisimmediatereception."^2ButastheBarbariandespised,oraffectedtodespise,theRomansoftheEast,whomhehadsooftenvanquished,hes
7、oondeclaredhisresolutionofsuspendingtheeasyconquest,tillhehadachievedamoregloriousandimportantenterprise.InthememorableinvasionsofGaulandItaly,theHunswerenaturallyattractedbythewealthandfertilityofthoseprovinces;buttheparticularmotivesandprovocationsofAttilacanon
8、lybeexplainedbythestateoftheWesternempireunderthereignofValentinian,or,tospeakmorecorrectly,undertheadministrationofAetius.^3[Footnote1:SeePriscus,p.39,72.]84用
