“There is the familiar figure of Orosius, defending the barbarians with the argument that when the Roman empire was founded it was founded in blood and conquest and can ill afford to throw stones at the barbarians” — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“This peaceful infiltration of barbarians which altered the whole character of the society which it invaded would have been impossible, of course, if that society had not been stricken by disease.” — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“There is the familiar figure of Orosius, defending the barbarians with the argument that when the Roman empire was founded it was founded in… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“Sidonius lives in a world already half barbarian, yet in the year before the Western Empire falls he is still dreaming of the consulship… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“...it is plain that the proportion of celibates was high in the Roman empire and that the fall in the fertility of marriages was… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“In the first place the process of disintegration was a slow one, for the whole tempo of life was slow and what might take… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
“This peaceful infiltration of barbarians which altered the whole character of the society which it invaded would have been impossible, of course, if that… — Eileen Power Copy Share Image
