12-05-2008, 09:47 AM
Ave,
This post sort of jogged my curiosity about the trends and feelings in the later period of the Western Roman Period. Was there a universal sense that things were not going well, sort of a heroic last stand sort of thing. Or was it more of a ' that's finished , lets get on with something else' attitude.
I know I have over simplified here, but if the , people, troops, leadership ( pick one ) felt that they were at the end of things, that might explain the perception about lack of quality or discipline in the late roman forces....or is that all just our modern perception of things?
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus aka Al
This post sort of jogged my curiosity about the trends and feelings in the later period of the Western Roman Period. Was there a universal sense that things were not going well, sort of a heroic last stand sort of thing. Or was it more of a ' that's finished , lets get on with something else' attitude.
I know I have over simplified here, but if the , people, troops, leadership ( pick one ) felt that they were at the end of things, that might explain the perception about lack of quality or discipline in the late roman forces....or is that all just our modern perception of things?
Regards from the Balkans, Arminius Primus aka Al
ARMINIVS PRIMVS
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
MACEDONICA PRIMA
aka ( Al Fuerst)
FESTINA LENTE
