Roman gaul

Often appears with: strategy and the aims of war · rhine frontier · franks · conquest, plunder, and captives · alemanni

Usually: reflection (1) · indignation (1)

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 secondary

Edward Gibbon · Written 1782; revised 1845 (for the later edition context of the modern title page)
Chapter XVI: Conduct Towards The Christians, From Nero To > Chapter XIX: Constantius Sole Emperor.—Part III. (9/9)

Gibbon links civil-discord decisions in Gaul to barbarian devastation, describing how Constantius’s actions invited Franks and Alemanni across the Rhine, leading to pillaging and fortified river settlements.

the merit and disgrace of Ursicinus with that faithful attention which a soldier owed to his general. Some partiality may be suspected, yet the whole account is consistent and probable.] 63 (return) [ Ammian. xx. 11. Omisso vano incepto, hiematurus Antiochiæ redit in Syriam ærumnosam, perpessus et ulcerum sed et atrocia, diuque deflenda. It is *thus* that James Gronovius has restored an obscure pas…