140 UNIVERSAL ERUDITION^ 



XVII. It remains therefore to confider here 

 the (late of the Weftern Roman empire under 

 nine kings ; one of the Heruleans, and eight of 

 the Oftrogoths ; during ninety-two years. Ac- 

 cording to common opinion, the Goths came 

 from Scandinavia, ,a peniniula which is now in- 

 habited by the Swedes and Norwegians. After 

 having roved fome time on the borders of the 

 Baltic Sea, they pafled into Scythia, and efta- 

 blifhed thomfelves along the borders of the Eux- 

 ine Sea. They who advanced the furtheft to- 

 wards the eait were called Oftrogoths, that is, 

 Eaftern Goths ; and they who dwelt toward the 

 weft were named Wifigoths, or Weftern Goths. 

 In the year 476, 



Y. M. D. 



I . Odoacer, king of the Heruleans, made himfelf 

 mafter of Rome, drove away Auguftulus, and 

 called himfelf king of Italy. He reigned - 16 6 O 

 1. Theodoric, king of the Oftrogoths, reigned -33 6 o 

 3. Athalaric reigned - - -800 



4.. Theodahat - 2 o o 



5. Witig^s - - -400 



During this reign Bclifarius, general of the 

 emperor Juftinian, had well nigh drove all 

 the Goths out of Italy. 



6. Theobald reigned - - - I o o 



7. Alaric - - -030 



8. Totila -600 

 .9. Tejas, the laft king of the Goths in Italy. 



After having taken many cities during the 



abfence of Belifarius, he made himfelf mafter 



of Rome, and pillaged it for forty days ; but, 



after reigning about - - I O t> 



He was vanquifhcd by Narfcs, whom the emr 



peror 



