30.6. 6. Of the Goths, Burgundians, and Franks.
Gaul was invaded by German
nations. The Visigoths took possession of the province of Narbonne, and
of almost all the south; the Burgundians settled in the east; and the
Franks subdued very nearly all the rest.
No doubt but these Barbarians retained in their respective conquests
the manners, inclinations, and usages of their own country; for no
nation can change in an instant their manner of thinking and acting.
These people in Germany neglected agriculture. It seems by Csar and
Tacitus that they applied themselves greatly to a pastoral life; hence
the regulations of the codes of Barbarian laws almost all relate to
their flocks. Roricon, who wrote a history among the Franks, was a
shepherd.
