Dr Kynes
Well-Known Member
the cimbrian war is a myth, the invasion by the alemenni is a myth, the tuetones are a myth, the visigoths and the vandals are a myth...exactly. it became so lucrative to grow wheat, that small land-holders were bought out, or coerced out, to be replaced by huge slave-farms. this loosened the yeoman's ties to the land, and reduced his willingness to serve in a citizen army, increasing the need for mercenary troops with loyalty to charismatic commanders, and not the state, SPQR.
Rome went out of her way, to bring Northern blood into the Empire. Adrianople resulted from mismanagement of an established practice of admitting Germanics. the Barbarian Invasions are mostly myth.
i dont know where you read your history but youre 100% wrong.
was the invasion by brennus also a myth? if so, then where did the gold of tolosa come from?
or was that a myth too?
if so, caepio got a bum rap.