now high in the heavens, having traversed the sign of Leo, and reached the abode of

the heavenly Virgo, scorched the Romans , who were emaciated by hunger, worn out
with toil, and scarcely able to support even the weight of their armour. At last
,
imploring the pardon and protection of the Romans with outstretched hands. 20. And
when they saw that the works of the Romans were suspended , and that those who were
constructing them were doing nothing, which seemed a sure token of peace, they

, the Thuringians, under their king Fritigern. The Gruthungi, under their dukes
Alatheus and Salaces, encounter the Romans in a pitched battle, rout their cavalry,
and then falling on the infantry when deprived of the support of their horse,

beginning of the fight was slain among the first. At his death the confidence of
the barbarians increased, while the Romans were excited to avenge their general;
and so the conflict proceeded with great obstinacy, but our men were overpowered

, with many threats urged Surmarius their king, who by a previous treaty was on
friendly terms with us, to prevent the Romans from crossing the river. For their
villages were on the eastern bank of the Rhine. But when Surmarius affirmed that he
by

the banks of the Rhine, where the multitude of the Allemanni offered great
resistance, so that by their fierceness the Romans were prevented from fixing their
bridge of boats, darts being poured upon them from all sides like hail; and, when
it