Note 121
The reader will not be displeased to see the original
words of Jornandes, or the author whom he transcribed.
Regiam urbem ingressus est, miransque, En, inquit, cerno
quod saepe incredulus audiebam, famam videlicet tantae
urbis. Et huc illuc oculos volvens, nunc situm urbis,
commeatumque navium, nunc moenia clara prospectans, miratur;
populosque diversarum gentium, quasi fonte in uno e diversis
partibus scaturiente unda, sic quoque militem ordinatum
aspiciens; Deus, inquit, sine dubio est terrenus Imperator,
et quisquis adversus eum manum moverit, ipse sui sanguinis
reus existit. Jornandes (c. xxviii. p. 650) proceeds to
mention his death and funeral.
The History Of The Decline and Fall
Of The Roman Empire—
Chapter 26