Actually the Romans never used conscription to populate their armies through to the end of the empire in the 1400's. If there were not enough volunteers, they hired mercenaries.
larry At 09:45 AM 3/5/2003 -0500, you wrote: >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
