09-27-2010, 01:10 AM
Ave Civitas,
I have heard the range of numbers too (though I don't know the numbers off the top of my head. My assumption was that it was
1. because the Emperor was lost.
2. because Valens was preparing an invasion of Persia, I assume Persia was preparing for a defense, so Rome could not pull any more troops from the east to save their bacon in Thrace.
3. because it makes good reading, just like the headlines today. Panic! Panic!
Just my guesses.
Me.
I have heard the range of numbers too (though I don't know the numbers off the top of my head. My assumption was that it was
1. because the Emperor was lost.
2. because Valens was preparing an invasion of Persia, I assume Persia was preparing for a defense, so Rome could not pull any more troops from the east to save their bacon in Thrace.
3. because it makes good reading, just like the headlines today. Panic! Panic!
Just my guesses.
Me.
AKA Tom Chelmowski
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
