![]() ![]() ![]() "Thank you, Tribune, but I shall do it myself when good and ready." Impertinent puppy, he thought, with your bought commission and your unscarred limbs.įrom far below arose clouds of dust, partially obscuring the sight of the barbarians’ great wooden wagons as they creaked and rolled out of the camp and made their way northward. General Stilicho kept his gaze on the unfolding scene below. "Shall I give the order, sir?" said the younger of the two. ![]() On another hill to the south, commanding a fine view of the retreat, and surveying the scene with some satisfaction, sat two Roman officers on horse back, resplendent in breastplates of bronze and plumes of scarlet. Slowly, uncertainly, and with a defeated air, they began to break camp and make for the hills to the north. Around the walls of the grim frontier town of Florentia, the exhausted remnants of Rhadagastus’s barbarian army were awakening, to find themselves no longer surrounded by the implacable legionaries of Rome. A bright dawn was breaking over the sun-baked plains beside the River Arno. ![]()
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