This monarch distinguished himself by predatory warfare against Albion and Gaul.

The "groans"[108] of the Britons testify to his success in that quarter, which eventually obliged them to become an Anglo-Saxon nation; and the Latin poet, Claudian, gives evidence that troops were sent by Stilicho, the general of Theodosius the Great, to repel his successful forays.

His successor, Dathi, was killed by lightning at the foot of the Alps, and the possibility of this occurrence is also strangely verified from extrinsic sources.[109] [Illustration: GAP OF DUNLOE, KILLARNEY.] [Illustration: ARMAGH.] FOOTNOTES: [101] _Roads_ .-- Those roads were Slighe Asail, Slighe Midhluachra, Slighe Cualann, Slighe Dala, and Slighe Mor.

Slighe Mor was the Eiscir Riada, and division line of Erinn into two parts, between Conn and Eoghan Mor.

These five roads led to the fort of Teamair (Tara), and it is said that they were "discovered" on the birthnight of the former monarch.