138 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION. 



put an end to the fuccefllon of Roman empe- 

 rors, and to their monarchy. The principal of 

 thofe wandering and warlike people were, 



1. The Vifigoths, who appeared under the 

 conduct of their king, Alaric. 



2. The Oftrogoths, who became famous under 

 their king Theodoric, who conquered Italy, and 

 whofe defcendants pofiefied it for a long time. 



3. The Vandals. 



4. The Alains. 



5. The Suevians. 



6. The Heruleans, who were led by their king, 

 Odoacer. 



7. The Huns, of whom Attila was chief. 



8. The Longobards, or Lombards, 



9. The Pidts. 



10. The Scoti, or Scotch. 



11. The Slavi, or Efclavonians. 



12. The Gepideans and Avarians. 



All thefe people flocked, one after the other, 

 from the grand feminary of mankind, that is, 

 from the moft northern provinces of Europe, 

 and even of Afia : as Norway, Sweden, Ruflia, 

 and perhaps Siberia and Tartary alio. The moft 

 part of the names they bore are analogous to the 

 modern low Saxon, or feem to be derived from 

 it. The Goths, for example, fignify, in that 

 language, Good people : the Quades, the Bad : 

 the Huns, Dogs : the Slavi, Slaves : the Lon- 

 gobards, perhaps Longbeards ; and fo of the 

 reft. It is apparent, that the greateft part of 



thefe 



