Note 090
In the xviiith chapter of his Tactics, the
emperor Leo has fairly stated the military vices and virtues
of the Franks (whom Meursius ridiculously translates by
Galli) and the Lombards or Langobards. See likewise the
xxvith Dissertation of Muratori de Antiquitatibus Italiae
Medii Aevi.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 53