Given that most of Rome's opponents were disorganized tribes, and very small kingdoms, with one or 2 exceptions, that isn't saying much. Moreover the fall of the western Roman Empire can be attributed to a lot more than just how they looked at opponents. In the 4th through 6th centuries (when the downfall occurred according to most historians), the economy of the empire was in tatters, much like now. Moreover the legions were not Roman any more - they were staffed mainly by Germanic tribes like the Gepids and the Alans.
so you're vastly overgeneralizing. There were other more important factors than the trivia you mentioned. larry At 05:02 PM 3/4/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Anyway, that's the way the Roman's would have looked at it. It was >only an enemy they didn't foresee that caused their downfall. All the >rest were beaten to the punch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
