[Footnote*:CompareGibbon，ch。xxxvi。vol。iii。p。459，&c。—
Mansoobservesthatthisdivisionwasconductednotinaviolentandirregular，butinalegalandorderly，manner。TheBarbarian，whocouldnotshowatitleofgrantfromtheofficersofTheodoricappointedforthepurpose，oraprescriptiverightofthirtyyears，incasehehadobtainedthepropertybeforetheOstrogothicconquest，wasejectedfromtheestate。Heconceivesthatestatestoosmalltobeardivisionpaidathirdoftheirproduce。—GeschichtedesOsGothischenReiches，p。82。—M。]
[Footnote26:Procopius，Gothic，l。i。c。i。Variarum，ii。MaffeiVeronaIllustrata，P。i。p。228exaggeratestheinjusticeoftheGoths，whomhehatedasanItaliannoble。TheplebeianMuratoricrouchesundertheiroppression。]
[Footnote27:Procopius，Goth。l。iii。c。421。Ennodiusdescribesp。1612，1613themilitaryartsandincreasingnumbersoftheGoths。]
[Footnote28:WhenTheodoricgavehissistertothekingoftheVandalsshesailedforAfricawithaguardof1000nobleGoths，eachofwhomwasattendedbyfivearmedfollowers，Procop。