[gothic-l] Re: Rome Becoming a Sewer

[faltin2001]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "Bertil Haggman" <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> No wonder western Rome was going down.
>
> Orosius in in his _Seven Books of History Against Pagans_
> catalogued the disaster of Rome and previous civilizations. He
> drew particular attention to the moderation of the Gothic
> conquerors in 410 AD. They did far less damage than Nero's
> fire, respected church treasure and left those unmolested that
> had sought sanctuary. One of Orosius theories is that the people
> of Rome deserved chastisement for their frivolity, lewdness and
> blasphemy. The Goths, so Orosius, were meting out punishment.
>
> Of course the Vandals were not so moderate as the Goths in
> 429 AD but they introduced law and order. They rooted out pimps
> and prostitutes forbidding adultery.




Can you provide the source for that. I have never heard that the
Vandals introduced law and order anywhere, let alone Rome.

Dirk





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