... marched away to the conquest of the Aemilian province. The fierce and formidable bands of the Heruli were attached to the person of Narses; [96] ten thousand Romans and confederates were persuaded to march under his banners; every malecontent embraced the fair opportunity of revenging his private or imaginary wrongs; and the remaining troops of Belisarius were divided and dispersed from the garrisons of Sicily to the shores of the Hadriatic. His skill and perseverance overcame every obstacle: ... — The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 4 • Edward Gibbon
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