painted in the most lively colors; and the first
symptoms of the return of order, of plenty, and security, were
diligently exaggerated. The advocates of Theodosius could affirm, with
some appearance of truth and reason, that it was impossible to extirpate
so many warlike tribes, who were rendered desperate by the loss of their
native country; and that the exhausted provinces would be revived by a
fresh supply of soldiers and husbandmen. The Barbarians still wore
an angry and hostile aspect; but the experience of past times might
encourage the hope, that they would acquire the habits of industry and
obedience; that their manners would be polished by time, education, and
the influence of Christianity; and that their posterity would insensibly
blend with the great body of the Roman people. [132]

[Footnote 128: See Themistius, Orat. xvi. p. 211. Claudian (in Eutrop.
l. ii. 112) mentions the Phrygian colony:----Ostrogothis colitur
mistisque Gruthungis Phyrx ager----and then proceeds to name the rivers
of Lydia, the Pactolus, and Herreus.]

[Footnote 129: Compare Jornandes, (c. xx. 27,) who marks the condition
and number of the Gothic Foederati, with Zosimus, (l. iv. p. 258,) who
mentions their golden collars; and Pacatus, (in Panegyr. Vet. xii. 37,)
who applauds, with false or foolish joy, their bravery and discipline.]

[Footnote 130: Amator pacis generisque Gothorum, is the praise bestowed
by the Gothic historian, (c. xxix.,) who represents his nation as
innocent, peaceable men, slow to anger, and patient of injuries.
According to Livy, the Romans conquered the world in their own defence.]

[Footnote 131: Besides the partial invectives of Zosimus, (always
discontented with the Christian reigns,) see the grave representations
which Synesius addresses to the emperor Arcadius, (de Regno, p. 25, 26,
edit. Petav.) The philosophic bishop of Cyrene was near enough to
judge; and he was sufficiently removed from the temptation of fear or
flattery.]

[Footnote 132: Themistius (Orat. xvi. p. 211, 212) composes an elaborate
and rational apology, which is not, however, exempt from the puerilities
of Greek rhetoric. Orpheus could only charm the wild beasts of Thrace;
but Theodosius enchanted the men and women, whose predecessors in the
same country had torn Orpheus in pieces, &c.]

Notwithstanding these specious arguments, and these sanguine
expectations, it was apparent to every discerning eye, that the Goths
would long remain t