for when Rome had arrived at her highest pitch of grandeur, it was the associations beyond the Danube and the Rhine-associations formed by the terror of her arms-that enabled the barbarians to resist her.
eta Erroma bere handitasunaren gorenera iritsi zenean, Danubio eta Rhin ibaien atzealdeko elkarteei esker, beldurragatik osatu ziren elkarteei esker, egin zioten aurre barbaroek.