Note 172 This important truth is established by the accuracy of Tillemont (Hist. des Emp. tom. v. p. 641) and by the ingenuity of the Abbe Dubos (Hist. de l'Etablissement de la Monarchie Francoise dans les Gaules, tom. i. p. 259).

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 31