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2162 |
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De origine Gothorum (Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum) (560 - 636) Isidore of Seville |
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quibus sedibus inpetu gentis Hunorum pulsi Danuvium transeunt, Romanis se dedunt.
sed dum iniurias eorum non sustinerent, indignati arma sumunt, Thraciam inruunt, Italiam vastant,
obsessam urbem capiunt, Gallias adgrediuntur patefactisque Pyrenaeis montibus Spanias usque
perveniunt ibique sedem vitae atque imperium locaverunt.
Populi natura pernices, ingenio alacres, conscientiae viribus freti, robore corporis validi, staturae
proceritate ardui, gestu habituque conspicui, manu prompti, duri vulneribus, iuxta quod ait poeta de
ipsis: mortem contemnunt laudato vulnere Getae. |
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From these places they were driven by the onset of the nation of the Huns; they crossed the Danube and gave themselves up to the Romans. But as they could not endure their affronts, they angrily took up arms, invaded Thrace, ravaged Italy, laid siege to Rome and took it; then they attacked Gaul, and after making their way across the Pyrenean mountains, reached Spain and there established their place for living and their rule. They are a people quick by nature, active in character, relying on the strength of conscience, powerful in bodily strength, tall in stature, striking in gesture and deportment, ready with their hands, and insensible to wounds, just as the poet says of them: 'The Getae praise the wound and death despise'. (Trans. Donini and Ford, p. 31) |
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(p. 294, lin. 1) |
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