...midnight the Sala; f^ite was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendoussound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixtythree...which had subdued and civilized so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia (AD 410,...

...their slaves and domestics ; who either from birth or interest were attached to the cause of the enemy. At the hour of midnight, the Salarian gate was silently...inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound •f the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred »nd sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the imperial...

...that, at the capture and plunder of Rome by Alaric and the Goths in the third siege (AD 410), when "at the hour of midnight the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants of Rome were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic Trumpet" (Gibbon, chap, xxxi.), the fury...

...was more unsparing than that which followed the entrance of Alario, when at the hour of midnight " the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet." Unlike the king of the Goths, Massena, who commanded the French, did not massacre the people ; unlike...

...opened and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet in their streets. Eleven hundred and sixtythree years after the foundation of Rome, the imperial cit" which hod subdued and civilized a considerable part of mankind, was delivered over to the licentious...

...their slaves and domestics ; who, either by birth or interest, were attached to the cause of the enemy. At the hour of midnight, the Salarian gate was silently...tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty years, after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial City, which had subdued and civilized so considerable...

...their slaves and domestics, who either from birth or interest were attached to the cause of the enemy. At the hour of midnight the Salarian gate was silently...of Rome, the imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of...

...out to me without ceasing, ' Forward ! march upon that city — upon Rome, and make it desolate ! ' " At the hour of midnight, the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the Romans were suddenly awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet.] Thus was the mystical...

...kindled pyres for Romans dying. Weep, Italy ! alas, that e'er Should tears alone thy wrongs declare ! ' " At the hour of midnight the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the treinendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation...

...Alaric a second and a third time ; when, by treachery at the hour of midnight, the Salarian gate was opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet ; and the city was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia. " In the...