69.Decem libras; the word silver must be understood.
Jornandes betrays the passions and prejudices of a Goth. The
servile Greeks, Eunapius and Zosimus, disguise the Roman
oppression, and execrate the perfidy of the barbarians.
Ammianus, a patriot historian, slightly and reluctantly
touches on the odious subject. Jerom, who wrote almost on
the spot, is fair, though concise. Per avaritiam Maximi
ducis, ad rebellionem fame coacti sunt (in Chron. [tom.
viii. p. 817, ed. Vallars.]).