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SCHOLARSHIP FOR MODERN HISTORY ETC 341 Write short life and character of- Honorius Stilicho St Augustine Alaric Attila JEtim Genseric Clovis and Theodoric the Great Contrast the virtues and vices of Rome in the fifth century with those peculiar to her barbarian invaders and say to which state of society you are inclined to give the preference Dehinc adveniens Suessionas cuncto onere praedae in medium posito ait Rex Rogo vos Ο fortissimi prceli- atores ut saltern mihi vas istud hoc enim de urceo supra memorato dicehat extra partem concedere non abnuatis Annuentibus autem omnibus unus invidus et futilis cum voce magna elevatam bipennem urceo impulit dicens Nihil bine accipies nisi qua tibi sors vera largitur Transacto vero anno Rex jussit omnem cum armorum apparatu advenire phalangam ostensuram in Catnpo Martio suorum armorum nitorem Verum ubi cunctos circuire deliberat venit ad urcei percussorem cui ait Nullus tarn inculta ut tu detulit anna nam neque tibi hasta neque gladius neque securis est utilis et apprehensam securim ejus in terram dejecit At ille cum paululum inclinatus fuisset ad colligendum earn Rex elevatis manibus securim suam capiti ejus defixit Sic inquit 11 tu apud Suessionas in urceo 110 fecisti "-Greg Turon II 27 Explain the mutual relations which existed between Clovis and his warriors Show how they are illustrated by the passage quoted above and state whether similar relations existed between kings and their warriors in other Teutonic tribes II -fUmblc'rf Sfaglo ajroiui Give the date of the withdrawal of the Roman Legions from Britain and state the popular account of the events which led to the arrival of the Saxons under Hengist and Horsa and to the subjugation of the Island State the reasons which Mr Kemble brings forward for dis- believing the popular story and give an account of the theory 1which he purposes to substitute for it Describe the Domestic Institutions which the Saxons brought