14--M.] [Footnote 29: See the acknowledgment of Gothic liberty, (Var.v.

30.)] [Footnote 30: Procopius, Goth.l.i.c.2.

The Roman boys learnt the language (Var.viii.

21) of the Goths.

Their general ignorance is not destroyed by the exceptions of Amalasuntha, a female, who might study without shame, or of Theodatus, whose learning provoked the indignation and contempt of his countrymen.] [Footnote 31: A saying of Theodoric was founded on experience: "Romanus miser imitatur Gothum; ut utilis (dives) Gothus imitatur Romanum." (See the Fragment and Notes of Valesius, p.