Note 021 Dexippus (ap. Excerpta Legat. p. 12 [ed. Paris; p. 8, ed. Ven.; p. 19, ed. Bonn]) relates the whole transaction under the name of Vandals. Aurelian married one of the Gothic ladies to his general Bonosus, who was able to drink with the Goths and discover their secrets. Hist. August P-247. [Vopisc. Bonosus, c. 15.]

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Note to Chapter 11 of DECLINE & FALL by Gibbon