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5841 |
| Text |
De origine Gothorum (Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum) (560 - 636) Isidore of Seville |
| Quotation |
Aera CCCLXIX, anno XXVI imperii Constantini, Gothi, Sarmatarum regionem aggressi, copiosissimis super Romanos irruerunt agminibus, vehementi virtute cuncta gladio et depraedatione vastantes. Adversus quos idem Constantinus aciem instruxit, ingentique certamine vix superatos ultra Danubium expulit, ne diversis gentibus virtutis gloria clarus, sed de Gothorum victoria amplius gloriosus. Quem Romani, acclamante senatu, publica laude prosecuti sunt quod tantam gentem vicerit, quod patriam rempublicam reformaverit. |
| Translation |
In the era 369 (331), the twenty-sixth year of Constantine's rule, the Goths attacked the land of the Sarmatians and overwhelmed the Romans with very large forces, in their impetuous strength destroying everything with their slaughter and plundering. Constantine himself prepared an army against them, and after defeating them with difficulty in a great battle, drove them beyond the Danube. He was already distinguished for the fame of the bravery he had shown against various nations, but he won even more glory through his victory over the Goths. The Romans, with the Senate's enthusiastic approval, bestowed public praise on him because he had conquered such a large nation and restored the land of the commonwealth. |
| Quotation source |
Isidor of Seville, History of the Kings of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi, 5, trans. Donini and Ford, p. 4 |
| Temporal Coverage |
331 - 331 |
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