Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tarnae, who were given lands on the Danube by Emperor Probus (276-282); the Veneti are the Wends, a Slavic tribe; the Fenni, the modern Finns. 2. Procopius, Vandal War. (greek.) Procopius, in Corpus Scriptorum Historue Byiantinje. This and the following number are taken from the writings of Procopius, a Roman official and historian who lived about 500 to 560 A.d., and had a personal share in the wars of Justinian against the East Goths and Vandals. The earlier parts of his histories are drawn largely from tradition. I, 2. During the reign of Honorius 395-423] in the west the barbarians began to overrun the empire. . . . The invaders were mainly of the Gothic race, the greatest and most important tribes being the East Goths, the Vandals, the West Goths, and the Gepidae. . . . These tribes have different names, but in all other respects they resemble one another very closely; they all have light complexions, yellow hair, large bodies, and handsome faces; they obey the same laws and have the same religion, the Arian; and they all speak the same language, Gothic. I am of the opinion, therefore, that they were originally one people and have separated into tribes under different leaders. They formerly dwelt beyond the Danube; then the Gepidae occupied the land about Sirmium on both sides of that river, where they still dwell. The first to move were the West Goths. This tribe entered into an alliance with the Romans, but later, since such an alliance could not be permanent, they revolted under Alaric. Starting from Thrace, they made a raid through all of Europe, attacking both emperors. Alaric sacks Rome.] Soon after, Alaric died, and the West Goths, under Athaulf, passed on into Gaul. 3. Under the pressure of famine, the Vandals, who formerly dwelt on the shores ...