Kitap 28
5.13
And when they perceived that by subterfuges and delays their request was practically denied, they went off from there in sorrow and indignation. And their kings, on learning what had happened, furious at being mocked, killed all their prisoners and returned to their native lands.
5.14
In their country a king is called by the general name Hendinos, and, according to an ancient custom, lays down his power and is deposed, if under him the fortune of war has wavered, or the earth has denied sufficient crops; just as the Egyptians commonly blame their rulers for such occurrences.Since they regarded them as gods; see Diod. Sic., i. 90, 3. On the other hand the chief priest among the Burgundians is called Sinistus, holds his power for life, and is exposed to no such dangers as threaten the kings.
5.15
Taking advantage of this very timely occasion, 370 A.D. Theodosius, at that time commander of the cavalry,I.e., in Gaul. made an attack through Raetia upon the Alamanni, who through fear of the aforesaid peopleThe Burgundians. were scattered; he killed many of them, and by the emperor’s order sent all his prisoners to Italy, where they received fertile cantons, and now live as our subjects on the banks of the Po.Further wars with the Alamanni are described in xxix. 4, and xxx. 3.
