第5巻 第12章

Greek Τὴν θάλασσαν ἔκ τε ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Γαδείρων ἐσπλέοντι χώρα μὲν ἡ ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐρρήθη, Εὐρώπη ὠνόμασται, ἡ δὲ ἀντιπέρας αὐτῇ Λιβύη ἐκλήθη, ἣν δὴ προϊόντες Ἀσίαν καλοῦσι.

Dewing As one sails from the ocean into the Mediterranean at Gadira, the land on the left, as was stated in the preceding narrative,⁠ is named Europe, while the land opposite to this is called Libya, and, farther on, Asia.

Greek Λιβύης μὲν οὖν τὰ ἐπέκεινα ἐς τὸ ἀκριβὲς οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν· ἔρημος γάρ ἐστιν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἡ πρώτη τοῦ Νείλου ἐκροὴ οὐδαμῆ ἔγνωσται, ὃν δὴ ἐπ’ Αἰγύπτου ἐνθένδε φέρεσθαι λέγουσιν.

Dewing Now as to the region beyond Libya,⁠ I am unable to speak with accuracy;⁠ for it is almost wholly destitute of men, and for this reason the first source of the Nile, which they say flows from that land toward Egypt, is quite unknown.

Greek Εὐρώπη δὲ εὐθὺς ἀρχομένη Πελοποννήσῳ βεβαιότατα ἐμφερής ἐστι καὶ πρὸς θαλάσσῃ ἑκατέρωθι κεῖται. καὶ χώρα μὲν ἣ πρώτη ἀμφί τε τὸν ὠκεανὸν καὶ δύοντα ἥλιόν ἐστιν Ἱσπανία ὠνόμασται, ἄχρι ἐς Ἄλπεις τὰς ἐν ὄρει τῷ Πυρηναίῳ οὔσας.

Dewing But Europe at its very beginning is exceedingly like the Peloponnesus, and fronts the sea on either side. And the land which is first toward the ocean and the west is named Spain, extending as far as the alps of the Pyrenees range.

Greek Ἄλπεις δὲ καλεῖν τὴν ἐν στενοχωρίᾳ δίοδον οἱ ταύτῃ ἄνθρωποι νενομίκασι. τὸ δὲ ἐνθένδε μέχρι τῶν Λιγουρίας ὁρίων Γαλλία ἐκλήθη. ἔνθα δὴ καὶ Ἄλπεις ἕτεραι Γάλλους τε καὶ Λιγούρους διορίζουσι.

Dewing For the men of this country are accustomed to call a narrow, shut‑in, pass "alps." And the land from there on as far as the boundaries of Liguria is called Gaul. And in that place other alps separate the Gauls and the Ligurians.

Greek Γαλλία μέντοι Ἱσπανίας πολλῷ εὐρυτέρα, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, ἐστίν, ἐπεὶ ἐκ στενοῦ ἀρχομένη Εὐρώπη ἐς ἄφατόν τι εὖρος ἀεὶ προϊόντι κατὰ λόγον χωρεῖ.

Dewing Gaul, however, is much broader than Spain, and naturally so, because Europe, beginning with a narrow peninsula, gradually widens as one advances until it attains an extraordinary breadth.

Greek χώρα δὲ αὕτη ἑκατέρα τὰ μὲν πρὸς βορρᾶν ἄνεμον πρὸς τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ περιβάλλεται, τὰ δὲ πρὸς νότον θάλασσαν τὴν Τυρρηνικὴν καλουμένην ἔχει.

Dewing And this land is bounded by water on either side, being washed on the north by the ocean, and having on the south the sea called the Tuscan Sea.

Greek ἐν Γάλλοις δὲ ἄλλοι τε ποταμοὶ καὶ Ῥοδανός τε καὶ Ῥῆνος ῥέουσι. τούτοιν τὴν ὁδὸν τὴν ἐναντίαν ἀλλήλοιν ἰόντοιν ἅτερος μὲν ἐκδίδωσιν ἐς τὴν Τυρρηνικὴν θάλασσαν, Ῥῆνος δὲ ἐς τὸν ὠκεανὸν τὰς ἐκβολὰς ποιεῖται.

Dewing And in Gaul there flow numerous rivers, among which are the Rhone and the Rhine. But the course of these two being in opposite directions, the one empties into the Tuscan Sea, while the Rhine empties into the ocean.

Greek λίμναι τε ἐνταῦθα πολλαί, οὗ δὴ Γερμανοὶ τὸ παλαιὸν ᾤκηντο, βάρβαρον ἔθνος, οὐ πολλοῦ λόγου τὸ κατ’ ἀρχὰς ἄξιον, οἳ νῦν Φράγγοι καλοῦνται.

Dewing And there are many lakes⁠ in that region, and this is where the Germans lived of old, a barbarous nation, not of much consequence in the beginning, who are now called Franks.

Greek τούτων ἐχόμενοι Ἀρβόρυχοι ᾤκουν, οἳ ξὺν πάσῃ τῇ ἄλλῃ Γαλλίᾳ καὶ μὴν καὶ Ἱσπανίᾳ Ῥωμαίων κατήκοοι ἐκ παλαιοῦ ἦσαν.

Dewing Next to these lived the Arborychi,⁠ who, together with all the rest of Gaul, and, indeed, Spain also, were subjects of the Romans from of old.

Greek μετὰ δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐς τὰ πρὸς ἀνίσχοντα ἥλιον Θόριγγοι βάρβαροι, δόντος Αὐγούστου πρώτου βασιλέως, ἱδρύσαντο.

Dewing And beyond them toward the east were settled the Thuringian barbarians, Augustus, the first emperor, having given them this country.⁠

Greek καὶ αὐτῶν Βουργουζίωνες οὐ πολλῷ ἄποθεν πρὸς νότον ἄνεμον τετραμμένοι ᾤκουν, Σούαβοί τε ὑπὲρ Θορίγγων καὶ Ἀλαμανοί, ἰσχυρὰ ἔθνη. οὗτοι αὐτόνομοι ἅπαντες ταύτῃ τὸ ἀνέκαθεν ἵδρυντο.

Dewing And the Burgundians lived not far from them toward the south,⁠ and the Suevi⁠ also lived beyond the Thuringians, and the Alamani,⁠ powerful nations. All these were settled there as independent peoples in earlier times.

Greek Προϊόντος δὲ χρόνου Οὐισίγοτθοι τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴν βιασάμενοι Ἱσπανίαν τε πᾶσαν καὶ Γαλλίας τὰ ἐκτὸς Ῥοδανοῦ ποταμοῦ κατήκοα σφίσιν ἐς φόρου ἀπαγωγὴν ποιησάμενοι ἔσχον.

Dewing But as time went on, the Visigoths forced their way into the Roman empire and seized all Spain and the portion of Gaul lying beyond⁠ the Rhone River and made them subject and tributary to themselves.

Greek ἐτύγχανον δὲ Ἀρβόρυχοι τότε Ῥωμαίων στρατιῶται γεγενημένοι. οὓς δὴ Γερμανοὶ κατηκόους σφίσιν ἐθέλοντες, ἅτε ὁμόρους ὄντας καὶ πολιτείαν ἣν πάλαι εἶχον μεταβαλόντας, ποιήσασθαι, ἐληίζοντό τε καὶ πανδημεὶ πολεμησείοντες ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς ᾔεσαν.

Dewing By that time it so happened that the Arborychi had become soldiers of the Romans. And the Germans, wishing to make this people subject to themselves, since their territory adjoined their own and they had changed the government under which they had lived from of old, began to plunder their land and, being eager to make war, marched against them with their whole people.

Greek Ἀρβόρυχοι δὲ ἀρετήν τε καὶ εὔνοιαν ἐς Ῥωμαίους ἐνδεικνύμενοι ἄνδρες ἀγαθοὶ ἐν τῷδε τῷ πολέμῳ ἐγένοντο, καὶ ἐπεὶ βιάζεσθαι αὐτοὺς Γερμανοὶ οὐχ οἷοί τε ἦσαν, ἑταιρίζεσθαί τε ἠξίουν καὶ ἀλλήλοις κηδεσταὶ γίνεσθαι.

Dewing But the Arborychi proved their valour and loyalty to the Romans and shewed themselves brave men in this war, and since the Germans were not able to overcome them by force, they wished to win them over and make the two peoples kin by intermarriage.

Greek ἃ δὴ Ἀρβόρυχοι οὔτι ἀκούσιοι ἐνεδέχοντο· Χριστιανοὶ γὰρ ἀμφότεροι ὄντες ἐτύγχανον, οὕτω τε ἐς ἔνα λεὼν ξυνελθόντες δυνάμεως ἐπὶ μέγα ἐχώρησαν.

Dewing This suggestion the Arborychi received not at all unwillingly; for both, as it happened, were Christians. And in this way they were united into one people, and came to have great power.

Greek Καὶ στρατιῶται δὲ Ῥωμαίων ἕτεροι ἐς Γάλλων τὰς ἐσχατιὰς φυλακῆς ἕνεκα ἐτετάχατο.

Dewing Now other Roman soldiers, also, had been stationed at the frontiers of Gaul to serve as guards.

Greek οἳ δὴ οὔτε ἐς Ῥώμην ὅπως ἐπανήξουσιν ἔχοντες οὐ μὴν οὔτε προσχωρεῖν Ἀρειανοῖς οὖσι τοῖς πολεμίοις βουλόμενοι, σφᾶς τε αὐτοὺς ξὺν τοῖς σημείοις καὶ χώραν ἣν πάλαι Ῥωμαίοις ἐφύλασσον Ἀρβορύχοις τε καὶ Γερμανοῖς ἔδοσαν, ἔς τε ἀπογόνους τοὺς σφετέρους ξύμπαντα παραπέμψαντες διεσώσαντο τὰ πάτρια ἤθη, ἃ δὴ σεβόμενοι καὶ ἐς ἐμὲ τηρεῖν ἀξιοῦσιν.

Dewing And these soldiers, having no means of returning to Rome, and at the same time being unwilling to yield to their enemy⁠ who were Arians, gave themselves, together with their military standards and the land which they had long been guarding for the Romans, to the Arborychi and Germans; and they handed down to their offspring all the customs of their fathers which were thus preserved, and this people has held them in sufficient reverence to guard them even up to my time.

Greek ἔκ τε γὰρ τῶν καταλόγων ἐς τόδε τοῦ χρόνου δηλοῦνται ἐς οὓς τὸ παλαιὸν τασσόμενοι ἐστρατεύοντο, καὶ σημεῖα τὰ σφέτερα ἐπαγόμενοι οὕτω δὴ ἐς μάχην καθίστανται, νόμοις τε τοῖς πατρίοις ἐς ἀεὶ χρῶνται.

Dewing For even at the present day they are clearly recognized as belonging to the legions to which they were assigned when they served in ancient times, and they always carry their own standards when they enter battle, and always follow the customs of their fathers.

Greek καὶ σχῆμα τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἔν τε τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασι κἀν τοῖς ὑποδήμασι διασώζουσιν.

Dewing And they preserve the dress of the Romans in every particular, even as regards their shoes.

Greek Ἕως μὲν οὖν πολιτεία Ῥωμαίοις ἡ αὐτὴ ἔμενε, Γαλλίας τὰ ἐντὸς Ῥοδανοῦ ποταμοῦ βασιλεὺς εἶχεν· ἐπεὶ δὲ αὐτὴν Ὀδόακρος ἐς τυραννίδα μετέβαλε, τότε δή, τοῦ τυράννου σφίσιν ἐνδιδόντος, ξύμπασαν Γαλλίαν Οὐισίγοτθοι ἔσχον μέχρι Ἄλπεων αἳ τὰ Γάλλων τε ὅρια καὶ Λιγούρων διορίζουσι.

Dewing Now as long as the Roman polity remained unchanged,⁠ the emperor held all Gaul as far as the Rhone River; but when Odoacer changed the government into a tyranny, then, since the tyrant yielded to them, the Visigoths took possession of all Gaul as far as the alps which mark the boundary between Gaul and Liguria.

Greek πεσόντος δὲ Ὀδοάκρου Θόριγγοί τε καὶ Οὐισίγοτθοι τὴν Γερμανῶν δύναμιν ἤδη αὐξομένην δειμαίνοντες ʽπολυάνθρωπός τε γὰρ ἰσχυρότατα ἐγεγόνει καὶ τοὺς ἀεὶ ἐν ποσὶν ὄντας ἐκ τοῦ ἐμφανοῦς ἐβιάζετὀ Γότθων δὴ καὶ Θευδερίχου τὴν ξυμμαχίαν προσποιήσασθαι ἐν σπουδῇ εἶχον. οὓς δὴ ἑταιρίσασθαι Θευδέριχος ἐθέλων ἐς κῆδος αὐτοῖς ἐπιμίγνυσθαι οὐκ ἀπηξίου.

Dewing But after the fall of Odoacer, the Thuringians and the Visigoths began to fear the power of the Germans, which was now growing greater (for their country had become exceedingly populous and they were forcing into subjection without any concealment those who from time to time came in their way), and so they were eager to win the alliance of the Goths and Theoderic. And since Theoderic wished to attach these peoples to himself, he did not refuse to intermarry with them.

Greek τῷ μὲν οὖν τηνικαῦτα Οὐισιγότθων ἡγουμένῳ Ἀλαρίχῳ τῷ νεωτέρῳ Θευδιχοῦσαν τὴν αὑτοῦ θυγατέρα παρθένον ἠγγύησεν, Ἑρμενεφρίδῳ δὲ τῷ Θορίγγων ἄρχοντι Ἀμαλαβέργαν τὴν Ἀμαλαφρίδης τῆς ἀδελφῆς παῖδα.

Dewing Accordingly he betrothed to Alaric the younger, who was then leader of the Visigoths, his own unmarried daughter Theodichusa, and to Hermenefridus, the ruler of the Thuringians, Amalaberga, the daughter of his sister Amalafrida.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ Φράγγοι τῆς μὲν ἐς αὐτοὺς βίας δέει τῷ Θευδερίχου ἀπέσχοντο,

Dewing As a result of this the Franks refrained from violence against these peoples through fear of Theoderic, but they began a war against the Burgundians.

Greek ἐπὶ Βουργουζίωνας δὲ πολέμῳ ᾔεσαν. ὕστερον δὲ Φράγγοις τε καὶ Γότθοις ξυμμαχίαι τε καὶ ξυνθῆκαι ἐπὶ κακῷ τῷ Βουργουζιώνων ἐγένοντο, ἐφ’ ᾧ ἑκάτεροι μὲν στρατιὰν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς πέμψωσιν·

Dewing But later on the Franks and the Goths entered into an offensive alliance against the Burgundians, agreeing that each of the two should send an army against them;

Greek ἢν δὲ ὁποτέρων ἀπολελειμμένων, οἱ ἕτεροι στρατεύσαντες τὸ Βουργουζιώνων καταστρέψωνται γένος καὶ χώραν ἣν ἔχουσι παραστήσωνται, ποινὴν οἱ νενικηκότες παρὰ τῶν οὐ ξυστρατευσάντων ῥητόν τι χρυσίον κομίζωνται, κοινὴν δὲ καὶ οὕτω χώραν τὴν δορυάλωτον ἀμφοτέρων εἶναι.

Dewing and it was further agreed that if either army should be absent when the other took the field against the nation of the Burgundians and overthrew them and gained the land which they had, then the victors should receive as a penalty from those who had not joined in the expedition a fixed sum of gold, and that only on these terms should the conquered land belong to both peoples in common.

Greek οἱ μὲν οὖν Γερμανοὶ πολλῷ στρατῷ ἐπὶ Βουργουζίωνας κατὰ τὰ σφίσι τε καὶ Γότθοις ξυγκείμενα ἧκον, Θευδέριχος δὲ παρεσκευάζετο μὲν δῆθεν τῷ λόγῳ, ἐξεπίτηδες δὲ ἀεὶ ἐς τὴν ὑστεραίαν τῆς στρατιᾶς τὴν ἔξοδον ἀπετίθετο, καραδοκῶν τὰ ἐσόμενα.

Dewing So the Germans went against the Burgundians with a great army according to the agreement between themselves and the Goths; but Theoderic was still engaged with his preparations, as he said, and purposely kept putting off the departure of the army to the following day, and waiting for what would come to pass.

Greek μόλις δὲ πέμψας ἐπέστελλε τοῖς τοῦ στρατοῦ ἄρχουσι σχολαίτερον τὴν πορείαν ποιεῖσθαι, καὶ ἢν μὲν Φράγγους νενικηκέναι ἀκούσωσι τὸ λοιπὸν κατὰ τάχος ἰέναι, ἢν δέ τι ξύμβαμα ξυμπεπτωκέναι αὐτοῖς πύθωνται, μηκέτι περαιτέρω πορεύεσθαι, ἀλλ’ αὐτοῦ μένειν.

Dewing Finally, however, he sent the army, but commanded the generals to march in a leisurely fashion, and if they should hear that the Franks had been victorious, they were thenceforth to go quickly, but if they should learn that any adversity had befallen them, they were to proceed no farther but remain where they were.

Greek καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐποίουν ὅσα Θευδέριχος σφίσιν ἐπήγγελλε, Γερμανοὶ δὲ κατὰ μόνας Βουργουζίωσιν ἐς χεῖρας ἦλθον.

Dewing So they proceeded to carry out the commands of Theoderic, but meanwhile the Germans joined battle alone with the Burgundians.

Greek μάχης τε καρτερᾶς γενομένης φόνος μὲν ἑκατέρων πολὺς γίνεται· ἦν γὰρ ἀγχώμαλος ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἡ ξυμβολή·

Dewing The battle was stubbornly contested and a great slaughter took place on both sides, for the struggle was very evenly matched;

Greek ἔπειτα δὲ Φράγγοι τρεψάμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους ἐς τὰ ἔσχατα χώρας ἧς τότε ᾤκουν ἐξήλασαν, ἔνθα σφίσι πολλὰ ὀχυρώματα ἦν,

Dewing but finally the Franks routed their enemy and drove them to the borders of the land which they inhabited at that time, where they had many strongholds, while the Franks took possession of all the rest.

Greek αὐτοὶ δὲ τὴν λοιπὴν ξύμπασαν ἔσχον. ἅπερ Γότθοι ἀκούσαντες κατὰ τάχος παρῆσαν. κακιζόμενοί τε πρὸς τῶν ξυμμάχων τὸ τῆς χώρας δύσοδον ᾐτιῶντο, καὶ τὴν ποινὴν καταθέμενοι τὴν χώραν, καθάπερ ξυνέκειτο, ξὺν τοῖς νενικηκόσιν ἐνείμαντο.

Dewing And the Goths, upon hearing this, were quickly at hand. And when they were bitterly reproached by their allies, they blamed the difficulty of the country, and laying down the amount of the penalty, they divided the land with the victors according to the agreement made.

Greek οὕτω τε Θευδερίχου ἡ πρόνοια ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐγνώσθη, ὅς γε οὐδένα τῶν ὑπηκόων ἀποβαλὼν ὀλίγῳ χρυσῷ τὴν ἡμίσειαν τῶν πολεμίων ἐκτήσατο χώραν. οὕτω μὲν τὸ κατ’ ἀρχὰς Γότθοι τε καὶ Γερμανοὶ μοῖράν τινα Γαλλίας ἔσχον.

Dewing And thus the foresight of Theoderic was revealed more clearly than ever, because, without losing a single one of his subjects, he had with a little gold acquired half of the land of his enemy. Thus it was that the Goths and Germans in the beginning got possession of a certain part of Gaul.

Greek Μετὰ δὲ Γερμανοὶ τῆς δυνάμεως σφίσιν ἐπίπροσθεν ἰούσης ἐν ὀλιγωρίᾳ ποιησάμενοι Θευδέριχόν τε καὶ τὸ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ δέος ἐπί τε Ἀλάριχον καὶ Οὐισιγότθους ἐστράτευσαν.

Dewing But later on, when the power of the Germans was growing greater, they began to think slightingly of Theoderic and the fear he inspired, and took the field against Alaric and the Visigoths.

Greek ἃ δὴ Ἀλάριχος μαθὼν Θευδέριχον ὅτι τάχιστα μετεπέμπετο. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐς τὴν ἐπικουρίαν στρατῷ πολλῷ ᾔει.

Dewing And when Alaric learned this, he summoned Theoderic as quickly as possible. And he set out to his assistance with a great army.

Greek ἐν τούτῳ δὲ Οὐισίγοτθοι, ἐπεὶ Γερμανοὺς ἀμφὶ πόλιν Καρκασιανὴν στρατοπεδεύειν ἐπύθοντο, ὑπηντίαζόν τε καὶ στρατόπεδον ποιησάμενοι ἠρέμουν.

Dewing In the meantime, the Visigoths, upon learning that the Germans were in camp near the city of Carcasiana,⁠ went to meet them, and making a camp, remained quiet.

Greek χρόνου δὲ σφίσιν ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ προσεδρείᾳ τριβομένου συχνοῦ ἤσχαλλόν τε καί, ἅτε τῆς χώρας πρὸς τῶν πολεμίων ληιζομένης, δεινὰ ἐποιοῦντο.

Dewing But since much time was being spent by them in blocking the enemy in this way, they began to be vexed, and seeing that their land was being plundered by the enemy, they became indignant.

Greek καὶ τελευτῶντες ἐς Ἀλάριχον πολλὰ ὕβριζον, αὐτόν τε διὰ τὸ τῶν πολεμίων δέος κακίζοντες καὶ τοῦ κηδεστοῦ τὴν μέλλησιν ὀνειδίζοντες.

Dewing And at length they began to heap many insults upon Alaric, reviling him on account of his fear of the enemy and taunting him with the delay of his father-in‑law.

Greek ἀξιόμαχοι γὰρ αὐτοὶ ἰσχυρίζοντο εἶναι καὶ ῥᾷον κατὰ μόνας περιέσεσθαι Γερμανῶν τῷ πολέμῳ.

Dewing For they declared that they by themselves were a match for the enemy in battle and that even though unaided they would easily overcome the gardens in the war.

Greek διὸ δὴ καὶ Γότθων σφίσιν οὔπω παρόντων Ἀλάριχος ἠνάγκαστο τοῖς πολεμίοις διὰ μάχης ἰέναι.

Dewing For this reason Alaric was compelled to do battle with the enemy before the Goths had as yet arrived.

Greek καθυπέρτεροι δὲ Γερμανοὶ ἐν τῇ ξυμβολῇ ταύτῃ γενόμενοι τῶν τε Οὐισιγότθων τοὺς πλείστους καὶ Ἀλάριχον τὸν ἄρχοντα κτείνουσι.

Dewing And the Germans, gaining the upper hand in this engagement, killed the most of the Visigoths and their ruler Alaric.

Greek καὶ Γαλλίας μὲν καταλαβόντες τὰ πολλὰ ἔσχον, Καρκασιανὴν δὲ πολλῇ σπουδῇ ἐπολιόρκουν, ἐπεὶ τὸν βασιλικὸν πλοῦτον ἐνταῦθα ἐπύθοντο εἶναι, ὃν δὴ ἐν τοῖς ἄνω χρόνοις Ἀλάριχος ὁ πρεσβύτατος Ῥώμην ἑλὼν ἐληίσατο.

Dewing Then they took possession of the greater part of Gaul and held it; and they laid siege to Carcasiana with great enthusiasm, because they had learned that the royal treasure was there, which Alaric the elder in earlier times had taken as booty when he captured Rome.⁠

Greek ἐν τοῖς ἦν καὶ τὰ Σολόμωνος τοῦ Ἑβραίων βασιλέως κειμήλια, ἀξιοθέατα ἐς ἄγαν ὄντα. πρασία γὰρ λίθος αὐτῶν τὰ πολλὰ ἐκαλλώπιζεν, ἅπερ ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων Ῥωμαῖοι τὸ παλαιὸν εἷλον.

Dewing Among these were also the treasures of Solomon, the king of the Hebrews, a most noteworthy sight. For the most of them were adorned with emeralds; and they had been taken from Jerusalem by the Romans in ancient times.⁠

Greek Οὐισιγότθων δὲ οἱ περιόντες Γισέλιχον, νόθον Ἀλαρίχου υἱόν, ἄρχοντα σφίσιν ἀνεῖπον, Ἀμαλαρίχου τοῦ τῆς Θευδερίχου θυγατρὸς παιδὸς ἔτι κομιδῆ ὄντος.

Dewing Then the survivors of the Visigoths declared Giselic, an illegitimate son of Alaric, ruler over them, Amalaric, the son of Theoderic's daughter, being still a very young child.

Greek ἔπειτα δὲ Θευδερίχου ξὺν τῷ Γότθων στρατῷ ἥκοντος δείσαντες Γερμανοὶ τὴν πολιορκίαν διέλυσαν.

Dewing And afterwards, when Theoderic had come with the army of the Goths, the Germans became afraid and broke up the siege.

Greek ἔνθεν τε ἀναχωρήσαντες Γαλλίας τὰ ἐκτὸς Ῥοδανοῦ ποταμοῦ ἐς ὠκεανὸν τετραμμένα ἔσχον. ὅθεν αὐτοὺς ἐξελάσαι Θευδέριχος οὐχ οἷός τε ὢν ταῦτα μὲν σφᾶς ξυνεχώρει ἔχειν, αὐτὸς δὲ Γαλλίας τὰ λοιπὰ ἀνεσώσατο.

Dewing So they retired from there and took possession of the part of Gaul beyond the Rhone River as far as the ocean. And Theoderic, being unable to drive them out from there, allowed them to hold this territory, but he himself recovered the rest of Gaul.

Greek Γισελίχου τε ἐκποδὼν γενομένου ἐς τὸν θυγατριδοῦν Ἀμαλάριχον τὴν Οὐισιγότθων ἀρχὴν ἤνεγκεν, οὗ δὴ αὐτὸς ἐπετρόπευε παιδὸς ἔτι ὄντος.

Dewing Then, after Giselic had been put out of the way, he conferred the rule of the Visigoths upon his grandson Amalaric, for whom, since he was still a child, he himself acted as regent.

Greek χρήματά τε λαβὼν ξύμπαντα ὅσα ἐν πόλει Καρκασιανῇ ἔκειτο ἐς Ῥάβενναν κατὰ τάχος ἀπήλαυνεν, ἄρχοντάς τε ἀεὶ καὶ στρατιὰν Θευδέριχος ἔς τε Γαλλίαν καὶ Ἱσπανίαν πέμπων αὐτὸς εἶχε τῷ ἔργῳ τὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς κράτος προνοήσας τε ὅπως βέβαιον αὐτὸ ἐς ἀεὶ ἕξει φόρου ἀπαγωγὴν ἔταξέν οἱ αὐτῷ ἀποφέρειν τοὺς ταύτῃ ἄρχοντας.

Dewing And taking all the money which lay in the city of Carcasiana, he marched quickly back to Ravenna; furthermore, he continued to send commanders and armies into Gaul and Spain, thus holding the real power of government himself, and by way of providing that he should hold it securely and permanently, he ordained that the rulers of those countries should bring tribute to him.

Greek δεχόμενός τε αὐτὴν ἐς ἕκαστον ἔτος, τοῦ μὴ δοκεῖν φιλοχρημάτως ἔχειν, τῷ Γότθων τε καὶ Οὐισιγότθων στρατῷ δῶρον ἐπέτειον ἔπεμπε.

Dewing And though he received this every year, in order not to give the appearance of being greedy for money he sent it as an annual gift to the army of the Goths and Visigoths.

Greek καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ Γότθοι τε καὶ Οὐισίγοτθοι προϊόντος τοῦ χρόνου ἅτε ἀρχόμενοί τε πρὸς ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς ἑνὸς καὶ χώραν τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχοντες παῖδας τοὺς σφετέρους ἀλλήλοις ἐγγυῶντες ἐς ξυγγένειαν ἐπεμίγνυντο.

Dewing And as a result of this, the Goths and Visigoths, as time went on, ruled as they were by one man and holding the same land betrothed their children to one another and thus joined the two races in kinship.

Greek Μετὰ δὲ Θεῦδις, Γότθος ἀνήρ, ὅνπερ Θευδέριχος τῷ στρατῷ ἄρχοντα ἔπεμψε, γυναῖκα ἐξ Ἱσπανίας γαμετὴν ἐποιήσατο, οὐ γένους μέντοι Οὐισιγότθων, ἀλλ’ ἐξ οἰκίας τῶν τινος ἐπιχωρίων εὐδαίμονος, ἄλλα τε περιβεβλημένην μεγάλα χρήματα καὶ χώρας πολλῆς ἐν Ἱσπανίᾳ κυρίαν οὖσαν.

Dewing But afterwards, Theudis, a Goth, whom Theoderic had sent as commander of the army, took to wife a woman from Spain; she was not, however, of the race of the Visigoths, but belonged to the house of one of the wealthy inhabitants of that land, and not only possessed great wealth but also owned a large estate in Spain.

Greek ὅθεν στρατιώτας ἀμφὶ δισχιλίους ἀγείρας δορυφόρων τε περιβαλλόμενος δύναμιν, Γότθων μὲν Θευδερίχου δόντος τῷ λόγῳ ἦρχεν, ἔργῳ δὲ τύραννος οὐκ ἀφανὴς ἦν.

Dewing From this estate he gathered about two thousand soldiers and surrounded himself with a force of bodyguards, and while in name he was a ruler over the Goths by the gift of Theoderic, he was in fact an out and out tyrant.

Greek δείσας δὲ Θευδέριχος ἅτε ξυνέσεως ἐς ἄκρον καὶ ἐμπειρίας ἥκων, μή οἱ πόλεμον πρὸς δοῦλον τὸν αὑτοῦ διαφέροντι οἱ Φράγγοι, ὡς τὸ εἰκός, ἀπαντήσουσιν ἢ καί τι νεώτερον Οὐισίγοτθοι ἐς αὐτὸν δράσουσιν, οὔτε παρέλυε τῆς ἀρχῆς Θεῦδιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ στρατῷ ἐξηγεῖσθαι ἀεὶ ἐς πόλεμον ἰόντι ἐκέλευε.

Dewing And Theoderic, who was wise and experienced in the highest degree, was afraid to carry on a war against his own slave, lest the Franks meanwhile should take the field against him, as they naturally would, or the Visigoths on their part should begin a revolution against him; accordingly he did not remove Theudis from his office, but even continued to command him, whenever the army went to war, to lead it forth.

Greek γράφειν μέντοι αὐτῷ Γότθων τοῖς πρώτοις ἐπήγγειλεν ὡς δίκαιά τε ποιοίη καὶ ξυνέσεως τῆς αὐτοῦ ἄξια, ἢν Θευδέριχον ἐς Ῥάβενναν ἥκων ἀσπάζοιτο.

Dewing However, he directed the first men of the Goths to write to Theudis that he would be acting justly and in a manner worthy of his wisdom, if he should come to Ravenna and salute Theoderic.

Greek Θεῦδις δὲ ἃ μὲν Θευδέριχος ἐκέλευεν ἅπαντα ἐπετέλει, καὶ φόρον τὸν ἐπέτειον οὔποτε ἀποφέρων ἀνίει, ἐς Ῥάβενναν δὲ ἰέναι οὔτε ἤθελεν οὔτε τοῖς γράφουσιν ἐπηγγέλλετο.

Dewing Theudis, however, although he carried out all the commands of Theoderic and never failed to send in the annual tribute, would not consent to go to Ravenna, nor would he promise those who had written to him that he would do so.