Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] · New Haven, Conn., Pub. for the author by J. H. Bradley · leaf 351
ans exasperated theGoths against them, and under their leader, Friti-gern, they rose up in arms against their oppressors.Valens, the emperor, incensed at their audacity, atthe head of 300,000 men, met them on the plain ofAdrianople. The Goths, seeing their existencewas at stake, fought desperately.… … FIFTH CENTURY. The Goths or Scandinavians under Alaric ravaged Greeceand Italy and other parts of the Roman Empire. Atilla, theHun, also came down upon the empire, and Rome from beingthe mistress of the world was, by the northern barbarians, castfrom her high estate and prostrated. The last…
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