Res Gestae

The Huns, then, having overrun the territories of those Halani (bordering on the Greuthungi) to whom usage has given the surname Tanaites, killed and plundered many of them, and joined the survivors to themselves in a treaty of alliance; then in company with these they made the more boldly a sudden inroad into the extensive and rich cantons of Ermenrichus,[*](Called Ermanarich in Jordanes’ Gothic History.)

He was struck with consternation at the violence of this sudden storm; for a long time he did his best to maintain a firm and continued stand, but since rumour gave wide currency to[*](For vulgatius, cf. xv. 3, 6; xvii. 4, 9.) and exaggerated the horror of the impending dangers, he put an end to his fear of these great perils by a voluntary death.