Note 121
From Chapter 26 of the Decline & Fall

The reader will not be displeased to see the original words of Jornandes, or the author whom he transcribed.

Regiam urbem ingressus est, miransque, En, inquit, cerno quod saepe incredulus audiebam, famam videlicet tantae urbis. Et huc illuc oculos volvens, nunc situm urbis, commeatumque navium, nunc moenia clara prospectans, miratur; populosque diversarum gentium, quasi fonte in uno e diversis partibus scaturiente unda, sic quoque militem ordinatum aspiciens; Deus, inquit, sine dubio est terrenus Imperator, et quisquis adversus eum manum moverit, ipse sui sanguinis reus existit.

Jornandes (c. xxviii. p. 650) proceeds to mention his death and funeral.

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