in this question I'm not that concerned about the corruption within Rome and civil wars. I want to know how did the various tribes managed to defeat the roman armies on the field. For instance, if the Visigoths were only a few hundred thousand men in total, how did they sacked Rome, when only the city itself was said to be with 1 million population. Surely any militia force could have outnumbered them a lot. But this is just one example. The real question is how wasn't the Empire ( 80 million ppl. in total ) able to beat the puny small tribes?
2007-09-11
09:20:02
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