[Footnote64:SeeM。deGuignes，Hist。desHuns，tom。i。p。179—
189，tomiip。295，334—338。]
Thechainofeventsisinterrupted，orratherisconcealed，asitpassesfromtheVolgatotheVistula，throughthedarkintervalwhichseparatestheextremelimitsoftheChinese，andoftheRoman，geography。YetthetemperoftheBarbarians，andtheexperienceofsuccessiveemigrations，sufficientlydeclare，thattheHuns，whowereoppressedbythearmsoftheGeougen，soonwithdrewfromthepresenceofaninsultingvictor。ThecountriestowardstheEuxinewerealreadyoccupiedbytheirkindredtribes；andtheirhastyflight，whichtheysoonconvertedintoaboldattack，wouldmorenaturallybedirectedtowardstherichandlevelplains，throughwhichtheVistulagentlyflowsintotheBalticSea。TheNorthmustagainhavebeenalarmed，andagitated，bytheinvasionoftheHuns；andthenationswhoretreatedbeforethemmusthavepressedwithincumbentweightontheconfinesofGermany。^65Theinhabitantsofthoseregions，whichtheancientshaveassignedtotheSuevi，theVandals，andtheBurgundians，mightembracetheresolutionofabandoningtothefugitivesofSarmatiatheirwoodsandmorasses；oratleastofdischargingtheirsuperfluousnumbersontheprovincesoftheRomanempire。^66AboutfouryearsafterthevictoriousToulunhadassumedthetitleofKhanoftheGeougen，anotherBarbarian，thehaughtyRhodogast，orRadagaisus，^67marchedfromthenorthernextremitiesofGermanyalmosttothegatesofRome，andlefttheremainsofhisarmytoachievethedestructionoftheWest。TheVandals，theSuevi，andtheBurgundians，formedthestrengthofthismightyhost；buttheAlani，whohadfoundahospitablereceptionintheirnewseats，addedtheiractivecavalrytotheheavyinfantryoftheGermans；andtheGothicadventurerscrowdedsoeagerlytothestandardofRadagaisus，thatbysomehistorians，hehasbeenstyledtheKingoftheGoths。Twelvethousandwarriors，distinguishedabovethevulgarbytheirnoblebirth，ortheirvaliantdeeds，glitteredinthevan；^68andthewholemultitude，whichwasnotlessthantwohundredthousandfightingmen，mightbeincreased，bytheaccessionofwomen，ofchildren，andofslaves，totheamountoffourhundredthousandpersons。ThisformidableemigrationissuedfromthesamecoastoftheBaltic，whichhadpouredforththemyriadsoftheCimbriandTeutones，toassaultRomeandItalyinthevigoroftherepublic。AfterthedepartureofthoseBarbarians，theirnativecountry，whichwasmarkedbythevestigesoftheirgreatness，longramparts，andgiganticmoles，^69remained，duringsomeages，avastanddrearysolitude；tillthehumanspecieswasrenewedbythepowersofgeneration，andthevacancywasfilledbytheinfluxofnewinhabitants。Thenationswhonowusurpanextentoflandwhichtheyareunabletocultivate，wouldsoonbeassistedbytheindustriouspovertyoftheirneighbors，ifthegovernmentofEuropedidnotprotecttheclaimsofdominionandproperty。
[Footnote*:ThereisnoauthoritywhichconnectsthisinroadoftheTeutonictribeswiththemovementsoftheHuns。TheHunscanhardlyhavereachedtheshoresoftheBaltic，andprobablythegreaterpartoftheforcesofRadagaisus，particularlytheVandals，hadlongoccupiedamoresouthernposition。—M。]
[Footnote65:ProcopiusdeBell。Vandal。l。i。c。iii。p。182