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Página 92
... Attila , the destroyer of arts , the waster of empires , the scourge of God ; that unnumbered myriads of the Huns were pouring over the frontier barriers of the Eastern Empire ; that Sirnium and Sardica , Ratiaria and Naissus , had ...
... Attila , the destroyer of arts , the waster of empires , the scourge of God ; that unnumbered myriads of the Huns were pouring over the frontier barriers of the Eastern Empire ; that Sirnium and Sardica , Ratiaria and Naissus , had ...
Página 93
... Attila the code which forbade the strong to plunder and sub- ject the weak ? No , no ! After three disgraceful scenes of defeat , all fled , or yielded , or died , or were made slaves , and the whole land was red with flaming cities and ...
... Attila the code which forbade the strong to plunder and sub- ject the weak ? No , no ! After three disgraceful scenes of defeat , all fled , or yielded , or died , or were made slaves , and the whole land was red with flaming cities and ...
Página 98
... Attila dictated the conditions , and Theodosius yielded to all his demands but one , with which the emperor had no power to com- ply ; and that was , that the city of Azimantium should restore the captives taken from the Huns . Attila ...
... Attila dictated the conditions , and Theodosius yielded to all his demands but one , with which the emperor had no power to com- ply ; and that was , that the city of Azimantium should restore the captives taken from the Huns . Attila ...
Página 99
... Attila were sent back to learn the savage monarch's will . The reply soon came , that if any of the chiefs of Azimantium dared to trust him- self in the dominions of Attila , he should have free means and aid in making every search for ...
... Attila were sent back to learn the savage monarch's will . The reply soon came , that if any of the chiefs of Azimantium dared to trust him- self in the dominions of Attila , he should have free means and aid in making every search for ...
Página 101
... Attila , my lord and thine , has trod , boast not the use of arts which have reduced thy people to what they are , and made them alike unfit for war and peace . Look at their bones whitening in the fields ; look at their cities levelled ...
... Attila , my lord and thine , has trod , boast not the use of arts which have reduced thy people to what they are , and made them alike unfit for war and peace . Look at their bones whitening in the fields ; look at their cities levelled ...
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