Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-09-02

SOain, upon the rams, or IN tno traces,
OF the Adams, The Sueyi, and the Van
,lals. and they rcigned nearly 500 years,
at tl.c end Of which they were destroy
Ell in their turn by the Saracens. who
came fromAgrica. Alaiic died st Co
zcnza, in the South OF Italy: his army
turned the course Of river in order to
deposit his corpse, and Afterwards re-
Stored it to It's usual channel. This
.aAple attached great Importance TO
the conceaimcnt Of the remains OF their
great chiefs from the observation of
mankind. The careerofthe Yisisoths
copineneed A. ID. S76 and ended in
7:2.
The 0strogoths. also q branch Of the
.Got!ls. from the south OF Sweden, INA
'acd sIlyi.i;l and Italy, anA had for their
principal chief 'rheoioric. Conquer
ed. in the first instance, by the Huns,
the ostrogoths recovered their indie
pcn;lcnce on the death Of Attila, an.,
following the track OF the Vissigoths,
who had preceded them. they trayer-
sed the Danube and established them
selves in Mesia. 'Fheo,loric the Great ;,
the hero of the nation. raised ut first
in the character of hostage at the
Court of COastantinoplc. rendered con
siderable services 10 the emperor Zeno,
WHO adopted him as his son, granted
h;2e the lIon0rs ola triumph, and per-
mifteti him to proceed into Italy. to OPP
pose Odoacer, king Of tie Hernlians,
who came to put an end TO the empire
OF the west. Theodore, victorious,
became the fouHdcrofa new monarchy,
wliich;was.;ssfeulflks rensfy. fsfss'.l laws
and fiourishcd under his careful vigil
lance. The celebrated Cassiodorus.
distinguished for his knowledge and
capacity, was the minister of TheOdO-
Pic. The Ostrogoths were destroyed,
30 years after the foundation Of their
empire, by Narses, a general under
'$Justinian. emperor of The East. Jor-
nandcs, who lived in the sixth century,
and at first royal Secretary, and az
terw!Rds bishop Of Ravenna, is the his
torian Of the 0strogoths. They were
remarkable on the revolutionary thea
ire Of these tempestuous times from A.
.D.j460 to 553.
Tie Lombards originally emigrated
from the shores Of the Baltic, invaded
Illyria and Italy and had Alhoin for
their principal chief In their march
: towards the south they destroyed the
Herulians, and were established in
Pannonia by the emperor Justinian,
who conceived the project Of opposing
them to the Gepides. In truth, these
two people were not slow in seeking a
quarrel, and the Lombards entirely ex-
terminated the Gepides. Invited af-
forwards by the eunuch Narscs, (who
had cause to complain Of Justinian and
the empress Sophia,) they penetrated
into Italy under the conduct Of their
chief AIboin, who wasproclaimed king
by his soldiers, after the capture of Pa
via, OfMiian, &c. The monarchy of
the Lombards, which comprized near
~ the whole of the north Of Italy, en-
dured for almost 200 years, and was O.
verturned by Charlemagne, under Di-
tIicr, their last king The history OF
this monarchy furnishes collection OF
curious laws and customs, relative to
the times in which they prevailed. par
ticularly upon Tic article of fiefs and
feudal customs, whereof many authors
:. aIledge the Lombards to have been the
~authors. The commencement and end
of the Lombards was from the year OF
our Lord SOS to TN.
The .alains came froSntlIe border
ofthe Caspian sea, and i1hded Gaul
and Spain. They6ad for their princi.
pal chiefs Rcspendial and Gonderic
Established beyond ths Tanais, AM
dislodgedby the Hung the y at first set
tied in Pannoaia, but SOON afterwards
united with numcfsdS horde conduc.
ted by Radagaisus. ,rSuch as escape;
from The defeat which these expericn
eed in Italy, crossed the Rhine ant
turned towards Gaul,zpysY which the.
travelled, and pendkex@d beyond th'
Pyrenuees into Spain, in the eastern
parts whereof they Established them
selves. Soon alterw;srdsthey expert
eneed a defeat, andtiYeir existence an
their name disappeared before the vi
sigotlls, their vanquishers. who cam
from Gaul under the guidance Of Wal
Tia, their leader. The Adams were tll
most cruel and the most sanguinary 9
all the bories OF that delugc Of Darba
Pians who, about the lifth century, il