History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1

Edward Gibbon · 1782 (Written); 1845 (Revised)

passage 277 of 518 · Chapter I: The Extent Of The Empire In The Age Of The > Chapter X: Emperors Decius, Gallus, Æmilianus, Valerian And (10/10)

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Gallienus is said to be needed to face Lower German threats; in the court of Treves his authority is displayed while Posthumus commands, yet Rhine barriers fail as Franks devastate from the Rhine to the Pyrenees and into Spain and Mauritania.

72 (return) [ Tacit. Germania, c. 30, 37.]

73 (return) [ In a subsequent period, most of those old names are occasionally mentioned. See some vestiges of them in Cluver. Germ. Antiq. l. iii.]

74 (return) [ Simler de Republica Helvet. cum notis Fuselin.]

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topics: conquest, plunder, and captives · naval warfare and sea power

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 · Edward Gibbon · 1782–1845