08-03-2010, 06:46 AM
Theo,
That's a good run-down of Roman and anti-Roman affairs. No mention there at all of Goths, or did I miss them. But, according to your criteria, the Goths were not aggressors in the end. While there was a thrust and parry war between Athanaric and Valens, it was not a major rip-your-head-off war. Then we had Fritigern who fought a justifiable war in what might be called "self-defense." So, I take back my earlier statement; and agreed, the really bad guys appeared in the slavering guise of Teutons and Cimbri (and their witch-like women). Never trust a witch. Especially one with a broom. :roll:
That's a good run-down of Roman and anti-Roman affairs. No mention there at all of Goths, or did I miss them. But, according to your criteria, the Goths were not aggressors in the end. While there was a thrust and parry war between Athanaric and Valens, it was not a major rip-your-head-off war. Then we had Fritigern who fought a justifiable war in what might be called "self-defense." So, I take back my earlier statement; and agreed, the really bad guys appeared in the slavering guise of Teutons and Cimbri (and their witch-like women). Never trust a witch. Especially one with a broom. :roll:
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb