04-09-2008, 12:32 AM
Hi Robert,
Of course you raise some good points. And yes I realize there is a "gap" between Adrianople and Aetius The Battle That Led to the Fall of the Roman Empire" By Alessandro Barbero. I'm looking forward to the read.
I think that perhaps Aetius was not the "best" general, however when compared to the types of people that seemed to be left in the empire by that period, his feats "stuck out", to say the least. Valentinian III was too busy playing to realize that by the next generation there would not longer be a Roman Emperor.....
Falvius Aetius all the way
Of course you raise some good points. And yes I realize there is a "gap" between Adrianople and Aetius The Battle That Led to the Fall of the Roman Empire" By Alessandro Barbero. I'm looking forward to the read.
I think that perhaps Aetius was not the "best" general, however when compared to the types of people that seemed to be left in the empire by that period, his feats "stuck out", to say the least. Valentinian III was too busy playing to realize that by the next generation there would not longer be a Roman Emperor.....
Falvius Aetius all the way