Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-01

= ~ l-AAs = ~" I'LL Tic nOnlanS am :, Nl
glnian possessions, and at tie ~, oartthl
second war between hose nations - q d.
OF Spain passed noEnilailv under !. laS Sao4
MON OF Rome. We have seen NC y aue.
OF the provinces remained for aa nay some
quered. The Romans divided i o T.. Oason,
pania ufterior and Hisbaaia citcy" )" It's
the former was subdiyided, bv S@ and
into Betica and L@itauio. Hisnsas:1l '.a
rior was sometimes called Tag1o~. aa Gle
Spain, says Lempriers, was tsmon y"en'a
rich mines of silver, which e,nDIora5 ~ Is
thousa.d workmcr, and was said . ~ lof
more geld. silver, brass, and iroa. rS ss,'s !
srtstot the wofld.# ltgave birth 70 n,.s
learnednen, who, however, rcce;vsJ 4'a,l
education at Rome.
The learned Vcrtot wrote a gal,n
work, prolessedjy upon the reyohtia~a
Spain, Subsequent TO the fourth crDt,,rr
the christian era. lis volumes are ~ &,
er in general reading, but they can ~, Y'
cease 10 be interesting. We SHAH t,ts i.
historian for our Polar Star, but shall ~
ourselves oievefy beam Of light from ,r.,, p,
luminous quarter Of the region Of S,1,s5 /
history.
While the Coths, under Aiaric. att,,t.a
Italy, the Vandals, the Alau8, the Soey,, /
and the Silenges, rich with the plaadero
Germany and CauI, poured upoa Spain TX
an overwhelming and destructive loren.
Astorga, late the head quarters oftae Br.
tish army, under the brave Moore, was de
first victim Of theii, cruel rage. They soon
subjected Castle, Toledo, ESuanaJar,,
Portugal, Callacia, and Betica, which yo.
vince they named Vandalusia, the name &
which is row the same, with the exc,D4o,
OF the suppression Of the original inlisI Ii.
ter. The famous Cantabna, with par, .!
the Asturias, and the eastern county fl. m
the Duero to the Mediterranean, remained
in the power Of the Romans. Gerontius, IL
Catalonia, proclaimed Mazanus emperor
CHROME, but having been defeated By Con,
stantirs, general under HonorNs, and De
bandoned by his troops, Maximus made b!
peace with Honolius, apdr1tlrld to the bar.
barians in the interior. Ataulph, tie sue
cessor OF hIaric, married Gaiiia PIacjIa,
siStel 10 Eonorius, and afterwards reign,d
Il. Catssi.,s..s, bat WAS acsass}Hased Cont.
nuai murders and revelations succe5d.d-
SPIN Was long the scene OF disorder and an
archy. The Eandal5 al, ,enSsh t3oystAe
5Qe4es 10 the sapd cragBSy rocks q ne
lmpenehable mountains, bQt WcrtAaay
deteatedby The Romans, coTmandeGby As
telius & MauroeeIius. heRom2rs were cen
qncred in thgil turn by the Faoda.s. wao't
last built a navy, AM pIundercd 1.a]or'@
Rlinorca and Iyica. Gonderic, taeir 8feas
monarch, vas na:racu.ousiy slain al 5cyi.e'
while in the attempt TO commit sscs'-.ss: y
rilIaging a temple OF the Christians G'2-
ser;c succeeded, and another T'ar to5& f,@''
between the Eandals aud TIC oEges' La'
VanaaIa triumphrd, and tlsn passed 'a''
Africa, where they gained great 'lcl'5's,'
even over the Romans. Tn 1lF'sS .'a
conquered the Romans u S2aio, IN 95s~
Battle upon the banks ci the river OsI''D- III.
Tie emperor Valci.t;aiian succcssiyt'y Sc"
4Asturius, Eferabautls, a SPanlafd Dy -,
scent, aud an ora.cr and a poet as wei as 2
,yor,;or aa4 Avirns. mo SPAN, tie l2,1T
Of whom WIS assisted by a powerful HO'} :,
Goths, bat was defeated by hlc1.'.'' "
gan pEicce OF the Suevcs, WHO was SUI
ed IS Ricciarius, a Christian, Eao wa ':,,
tnally taken prisoner, and dl+dln car.n,' =
Civil CONNEXIONS among the oIsEF'' L 49,
bloody war oetween th-m ana u ,r.
followed these events. The AoEl.-A 7,so.
again defeated by GEnseric, king o. , ~
Ials. Evaric, or Euric, suceeelSI ,@ "s md
.ct as monarch Of ,he Goths, a " 49,, q
Immediately threw Spain into '." .;,ra
miserable combustion" BY conlIH-'1I.3 e..
general war against both oueves 90 Sara.
mans, in which he was triumphant y.or
i, -. : az tt ,)rl seat hIO'"0