Heroes of Modern Europe (Classic Reprint)

Heroes of Modern Europe Chapter IT heT wo Swords IN the fourth century after Christ began that decay of the Roman Empire which had been the pride of the then civilized world. Warriors ofT eutonic race invaded its splendid cities, destroyed without remorse the costliest and most beautiful of its antique treasures. Temples and images of the gods fell before barbarians whose only fear was lest they should die upon the straw, while marble fountains and luxurious bath-houses were despoiled as signs of a most inglorious state of civilization. Theatres perished and, with them, the plays of Greek dramatists, who have found no true successors. Pictures and statues and buildings were defaced where they were not utterly destroyed. The Latin race survived, forlornly conscious of its vanished culture. The Teutons had hardly begun to impose upon theE mpire the rude customs of their own race whenS aracens, bent upon spreading the religion of Mahomet, bore down upon I taly, where resistance from watchtowers and castles was powerless to check their cruel depredations.
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