Thomas Hodgkin > Quotes

“title of Caesars.”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Italy and Her Invaders: Volume I - The Visigothic Invasions

“under barbarian kings bearing one title or another, the organisation of the Empire must be preserved.”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation

“The great fabric of the Roman Empire must not be allowed to go to pieces in hopeless ruin.”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation

“kept back the barbarians of the frontier, and for great spaces of time preserved”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation

“material prosperity and enjoyment of life which it had not known before,”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation

“Still it cannot be denied that during a considerable part of its existence the Roman Empire brought,”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation

“made their roads, fostered the growth of their cities, taught them her language, administered justice,”
― Thomas Hodgkin, Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation