asbad's

Updated: May 1, 2025

'Dog, cries Totila's page, 'wilt thou strike thy lord? But it is too late. Asbad's lance goes through his back, and he drops on his horse's neck. The rest carry off Totila. He dies that night, after reigning eleven stormy years. The Goths flee across the Po. There is one more struggle for life, and one more hero left. Teia by name, 'the slow one, slow, but strong. He shall be king now.

Charles Kingsley - The Roman and the Teuton : A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge