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"And the barbarians, finding that they had no hostile force to encounter them, became the most cruel of all men. For they destroyed all the cities which they captured..." --A valuable sourcebook for students and teachers containing the scholarly editions of Procopius's History of the Wars translated by H. B. Dewing, Jordanes's The Origin and Deeds of the Goths translated by Charles C. Mierow, and Gregory of Tours's History of the Franks translated by Ernest Brehaut, compiled and edited by Dr Leo Ruickbie. -- Contents include: * Introduction with biographies of the authors; * Procopius, The Vandalic Wars and The Gothic Wars; * Jordanes, The Origin and Deeds of the Goths; * Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks.