01-28-2017, 05:59 PM
And yet the Empire had been demographically stagnating for a couple of centuries, trade was already breaking down during the crisis of the third century, the Empire itself broke into pieces, and the Huns themselves did not end up toppling the Empire, even in the West. The very fact their army increasingly relied on Germans auxillaries and generals towards the end should be a sign.
Historical revisionism is fun and all, but this sort of thing is a little absurd. The Romans were not going from strength to strength until they encountered a civilization they couldn't handle, they had been falling for 3 centuries before Odoacer topple Romulus Augustulus.
Historical revisionism is fun and all, but this sort of thing is a little absurd. The Romans were not going from strength to strength until they encountered a civilization they couldn't handle, they had been falling for 3 centuries before Odoacer topple Romulus Augustulus.