38. The review of the army of Aetius is made by Jornandes,
c. 36, p. 664, edit. Grot. tom. ii. p. 23, of the Historians
of France, with the notes of the Benedictine editor The
'Laeti' were a promiscuous race of barbarians, born or
naturalised in Gaul; and the Riparii, or 'Ripuarii', derived
their name from their posts on the three rivers, the Rhine,
the Meuse, and the Moselle, the 'Armoricans' possessed the
independent cities between the Seine and the Loire. A colony
of 'Saxons' had been planted in the diocese of Bayeux; the
'Burgundians' were settled in Savoy; and the 'Breones' were
a warlike tribe of Rhaetians, to the east of the lake of
Constance.