See Jornandes, de RebUS Geticis, c. 50, p. 685, 686, 687, 688. His distinction of the national arms is curious and important.
Nam ibi admirandum reor fuisse spectaculum,
ubi cernere erat cunctis, pugnantem Gothum ense furentem,
Gepidam in vulnere suorum cuncta tela frangentem, Suevum
pede, Hunnum sagittâ præsumere, Alanum gravi, Herulum, levi,
armaturâ, aciem instruere.
I am not precisely informed of the situation of the river Netad.