HEROES OF THE NATIONS

EDITED BY
EVELYN ABBOTT, M.A.
FELLOW OF BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD

FACTA CUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM--OVID, IN LIVIAM, 255

THE HERO'S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE

THEODORIC THE GOTH

THE BARBARIAN CHAMPION OF CIVILISATION

BY THOMAS HODGKIN, D.C.L.

FELLOW OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON; AUTHOR OF
"ITALY AND HER INVADERS, A,D. 376-553", ETC., ETC.