Stilicho\'s Betrayal

[Robert Vermaat]

the fact Rome is sacked some six years after the protection of the gods does intrigue me.

Interesting as it may be, it's no different from age old cries throughout history and legend: 'why have (the) god(s) abandones us? The Israelites did it, the Greeks did it, the Romans did it, Medieval Europeans did it, American Indians did it. All were looking back, trying to find a reason for their current state. Trying to find logic and real actions based on old prophesies and (contemporary) attempts to explain by poets and priests them makes as much sense today as it did then.

Your next project could be to find out if St Augustine was right about the 'City of God', or the ones accusing the Christians of destroying the age-old divine protection of Rome. I mean, the 'secret' of Rome's protection may not have been a secret after all.

BTW I'm moving this to another section, as it's neither military nor archaeology we're discussing here. :-)