Note 090
In the history of the Gothic siege, I have
compared the Barbarians with the subjects of Charles V.,
(vol. iii. p. 289, 290;) an anticipation, which, like that
of the Tartar conquests, I indulged with the less scruple,
as I could scarcely hope to reach the conclusion of my
work.]
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 70