ABSTRACT
Meanwhile, in the west Prosper Tiro, the first edition of whose chronicle appeared in the mid 440s, stated that in 419, "The patrician Constantius made peace with Wallia, giving to him the province of Aquitania Secunda and certain cities of the neighbouring provinces to live in." If the Gothic settlement is viewed as an imperial response to the past history of Gallic rebellion, it then makes sense. All the evidence can be accommodated without recourse to various unsatisfactory crisis models. Proponents of tax-based settlement combine evidence from disparate sources and time periods, assuming it is all comparable. Yet, it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain that the sources use a standardized vocabulary of diplomacy and land tenure with technically precise definitions. Another potential argument in favour of tax-based settlement considers the military effectiveness of the Gothic settlers.
