04-16-2014, 01:25 PM
Quote:[quote="Magister Militum Flavius Aetius" post=354051][QUOTE]. Still, the point is that Alaric wanted to be an ally of the Western army, not its conqueror.
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Big difference between saying he did not want to destroy the western empire vs he wanted to be an ally. He wanted the best deal possible for him and his people. If he could get that deal by being an ally, he would do so; if he needed to sack Rome, so be it. I do not suscribe to the "Alaric the friendly barbarian" who just wanted to "participate in the empire until the big bad Romans screwed him over" theory.
There are some who call me ......... Tim?
