10. Theodoric II., the son of Theodoric I., declares to
Avitus his resolution of repairing, or expiating, the fault
which his 'grandfather' had committed.
Quae 'noster', peccavit 'avus', quem fuscat id unum,
Quod te, Roma, capit.
Sidon. Panegyric. Avit. 505.
This character, applicable only to the great Alaric,
establishes the genealogy of the Gothic kings, which has
hitherto been unnoticed.