J 02 Checks to Population among the ancient Bk. i. 



monster rose again after a few years ; and the 

 firmness, vigilance and powerful genius of Valen- 

 tinian were fully called into action, in protecting 

 his dominions from the different irruptions of the 

 Allemanni, the Burgundians, the Saxons, the 

 Goths, the Quadi, and the Sarmatians.* 



The fate of Rome was at length determined by 

 an irresistible emigration of the Huns from the 

 east and north, which precipitated on the empire 

 the whole body of the Goths ;f and the continu- 

 ance of this powerful pressure on the nations of 

 Germany seemed to prompt them to the resolu- 

 tion of abandoning to the fugitives of Sarmatia 

 'their woods and morasses, or at least of dis- 

 charging their superfluous numbers on the pro- 

 vinces of the Roman empire.^: An emigration of 

 four hundred thousand persons issued from the 

 same coast of the Baltic, which had poured forth 

 the myriads of Cimbri and Teutones during the 

 vigour of the Republic. § When this host was 

 destroyed by war and famine, other adventurers 

 succeeded. The Suevi, the Vandals, the Alani, 

 the Burgundians, passed the Rhine, never more 

 to retreat. || The conquerors, who first settled, 

 were expelled or exterminated by new invaders. 

 Clouds of barbarians seemed to collect from all 



* Gibbon vol. iv. c. xxv. from A. D. 364 to 375. 

 t Id. vol. iv. c. xxvi. p. 382, et seq. A. D. 376. 

 \ Id. vol. v. c. xxx. p. 213. 

 § Id. p. 214. A.D. 406. 

 II Id. p. 224. 



