07-11-2015, 02:20 PM
Quote:Aaron post=365911 Wrote:. No one with an Italia heritage wanted to join the Legions anymore. It was dangerous, dirty, no money in it, and if some disease didn't kill you most likely an opposing Army would.Actually that included other citizens from other provinces: Greece, Spain, Gaul, you name it. It’s a common development for many empires. Notwithstanding that, it does not mean the end of any empire, as the East Romans proved.
Just curious ... there were probably some Italians in the late 4th/early 5th century Roman armies, right? It seems unlikely to me that there weren't any Italians at all in those armies, but it's not safe to assume anything.
I know they got a lot of their manpower from across the Rhine and Danube, but do we have any evidence of recruitment drives in Italy at that point?
