m the mouth of the Danube to that of the Oder;
[31] and his new subjects were divided and transplanted by the jealous
policy of the conqueror. [32] The eastern regions of Germany, which had
been left vacant by the emigration of the Vandals, were replenished with
Sclavonian colonists; the same tribes are discovered in the neighborhood
of the Adriatic and of the Baltic, and with the name of Baian himself,
the Illyrian cities of Neyss and Lissa are again found in the heart of
Silesia. In the disposition both of his troops and provinces the chagan
exposed the vassals, whose lives he disregarded, [33] to the first
assault; and the swords of the enemy were blunted before they
encountered the native valor of the Avars.

[Footnote 23: A general idea of the pride and power of the chagan may be
taken from Menander (Excerpt. Legat. p. 118, &c.) and Theophylact, (l.
i. c. 3, l. vii. c. 15,) whose eight books are much more honorable to
the Avar than to the Roman prince. The predecessors of Baian had tasted
the liberality of Rome, and he survived the reign of Maurice, (Buat,
Hist. des Peuples Barbares, tom. xi. p. 545.) The chagan who invaded
Italy, A.D. 611, (Muratori, Annali, tom. v. p. 305,) was then invenili
aetate florentem, (Paul Warnefrid, de Gest. Langobard. l v c 38,) the
son, perhaps, or the grandson, of Baian.]

[Footnote 24: Theophylact, l. i. c. 5, 6.]

[Footnote 25: Even in the field, the chagan delighted in the use of
these aromatics. He solicited, as a gift, and received. Theophylact,
l. vii. c. 13. The Europeans of the ruder ages consumed more spices in
their meat and drink than is compatible with the delicacy of a modern
palate. Vie Privee des Francois, tom. ii. p. 162, 163.]

[Footnote 26: Theophylact, l. vi. c. 6, l. vii. c. 15. The Greek
historian confesses the truth and justice of his reproach]

[Footnote 27: Menander (in Excerpt. Legat. p. 126--132, 174, 175)
describes the perjury of Baian and the surrender of Sirmium. We have
lost his account of the siege, which is commended by Theophylact, l.
i. c. 3. * Note: Compare throughout Schlozer Nordische Geschichte, p.
362--373--M.]

[Footnote 28: See D'Anville, in the Memoires de l'Acad. des
Inscriptions, tom. xxviii. p. 412--443. The Sclavonic name of Belgrade
is mentioned in the xth century by Constantine Porphyrogenitus: the
Latin appellation of Alba Croeca is used by the Franks in the beginning
of the ixth, (p. 414.)]

[Footnote 29: Baron. Annal. Eccles.