I know i never said a volunteer army their whole lifespan just at the end :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Personal Stance Change for Iraq Policy No country ever lasted with an all volunteer army, like Britain I suppose? I guess that almost 1000 years isn't lasting It also depends on what time you're talking about, when Rome was a republic, or early imperial Rome under Augustus, or the late Roman Empire under Constantine I etc. The composition of the legions varied widely. In the 4th though 7th centuries, the Roman army consisted of federati - allied tribes or mercenaries. At one point the army of Attila the Hun had more Roman soldiers than the Roman legions opposing him. larry At 07:27 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Hehe but the kewlest trivia was that rome was a All Volunteer military at >the end very similar to the us. And that no nation with an all volunteer >military has ever lasted through history!!!. > >EWWWWW we're next!! lol i remember when we heard that and it was funny i >think the teacher was just trying to scare us. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 8:13 PM >Subject: Re: Personal Stance Change for Iraq Policy > > >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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
