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Jornandes is our best guide through the reigns of Theodoric II. and Euric, (de Rebus Geticis,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The bishop of Pavia (I mean the ecclesiastic who wished to be a bishop) then proceeds to celebrate the complexion, eyes, hands, &c, of his sovereign.] 5 The state of the Ostrogoths, and the first years of Theodoric, are found in Jornandes, (c.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Avit.] 33 The most authentic and circumstantial account of this war is contained in Jornandes, (de
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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The count de Buat was French minister at the court of Bavaria: a liberal curiosity prompted his inquiries into the antiquities of the country, and that curiosity was the germ of twelve respectable volumes.] 45 See the Gothic transactions on the Danube and the Illyricum, in Jornandes, (c. 58, p. 699;)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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This Priscus has never been printed, but remains in manuscript in the library of the Vatican; and Jornandes alone makes mention of it.
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The historic Ermanric was conquered by the Huns in 374; the sixth century historian Jornandes is the earliest authority for the tradition that he was murdered by Sarus and Ammius in revenge for their sister's death by wild horses.
The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 L. Winifred Faraday
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Smith (_Biography_, article 'Decebalus') says it was probably a title of honour amongst the Dacians equivalent to chief or king, since we find that it was borne by more than one of their rulers, and that the individual best known to history as the Decebalus of Dion Cassius is named Diurpanus by Orosius, and Dorphaneus by Jornandes.
Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson
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He betrays the same inclination in his "History of the Goths", published between 526 and 533 and of which we have only the abridgment edited by Jornandes in 551.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Jornandes (i.e. bold as a boar), nor that after this conversion he became a monk in Thrace or in Mæsia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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All the other invaders of Italy were of Teutonic origin, but the Huns were Mongols -- of such perfect hideousness that Jornandes regarded them as the offspring of witches and demons.
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