Note 030
I shall quote the authentic testimony of the
Saxon poet, (A.D. 887 - 899,) de Rebus gestis Caroli magni,
l. v. 437 -440, in the Historians of France, (tom. v. p.
180:)
Ad quae marmoreas praestabat ROMA columnas,
Quasdam praecipuas pul hra Ravenna dedit.
De tam longinquâ poterit regiona vetustas
Illius ornatum, Francia, ferre tibi.
And I shall add from the Chronicle of Sigebert, (Historians
of France, tom. v. p. 378,)
extruxit etiam Aquisgrani
basilicam plurimae pulchritudinis, ad cujus structuram a
ROMA et Ravenna columnas et marmora devehi fecit.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 71