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| | Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 8 ToC: The Online Library of Liberty |
 | | Visit the plain of Asfeld, and seek for the bones of thy brother; they are mingled with those of the vilest animals.” The Gepidæ;, a nation of warriors, started from their seats, and the fearless Alboin, with his forty companions, laid their hands on their swords. |
 | | The bravest of the nation fell in the field of battle; the king of the Lombards contemplated with delight the head of Cunimund, and his skull was fashioned into a cup to satiate the hatred of the conqueror, or, perhaps, to comply with the savage custom of his country. |
 | | The two armies encountered each other in the battle of Melitene: the Barbarians, who darkened the air with a cloud of arrows, prolonged their line, and extended their wings across the plain; while the Romans, in deep and solid bodies, expected to prevail in closer action, by the weight of their swords and lances. |
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