Stelle Soluuntur repente undique permissu ...; (Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418), Vol. 3, Lib. 7, Cap. 22, Par. 6-9 (lin. 8), trans. Fear, p. 356-357) [2219]

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Text Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius
Quotation Soluuntur repente undique permissu Dei ad hoc circumpositae relictaeque gentes laxatisque habenis in omnes Romanorum fines inuehuntur. Germani Alpibus, Raetia totaque Italia penetrata, Rauennam usque perueniunt; Alamanni, Gallias peruagantes, etiam in Italiam transeunt; Graecia, Macedonia, Pontus, Asia Gothorum inundatione deletur; nam Dacia trans Danuuium in perpetuum aufertur; Quadi et Sarmatae Pannonias depopulantur; Germani ulteriores abrasa potiuntur Hispania; Parthi Mesopotamiam auferunt Syriamque conradunt. Exstant adhuc per diuersas prouincias, in magnarum urbium ruinis, paruae et pauperes sedes, signa miseriarum et nominum indicia seruantes, ex quibus nos quoque in Hispania Tarraconem nostram ad consolationem miseriae recentis ostendimus.
Translation By God's will the nations stationed on the boundaries of the empire and left there for this purpose were suddenly loosed on every side, and no sooner did the reins of control release them than they invaded all the Roman territories. 7 The Germans made their way through the Alps, Raetia, and the whole of Italy as far west as Ravenna. The Alemanni roamed through the Gallic provinces and even crossed into Italy. An invasion of the Goths ruined Greece, Pontus, and Asia; Dacia beyond the Danube was lost forever. The Quadi and the Sarmatians ravaged the Pannonian provinces. The remote Germans stripped Spain and took possession of it. The Parthians seized Mesopotamia and completely devastated Syria. 8 Throughout the various provinces, there exist today poor and insignificant settlements situated in the ruins of great cities which still bear evidences of their names and tokens of their misfortunes. Our own city Tarraco in Spain is one of these, and we can point to it to console ourselves over our recent misery. 9. Then, in case some part of the Roman body politic should escape from this dismemberment, usurpers conspired within, civil wars commenced, and everywhere rivers of Roman blood were spilt as Roman and barbarian vented their rage. The wrath of God, however, swiftly turned to mercy and held that merely beginning their chastisement was better than meting out punishment in full measure.
Quotation source Vol. 3, Lib. 7, Cap. 22, Par. 6-9 (lin. 8), trans. Fear, p. 356-357
Temporal Coverage 267 - 275
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