07-10-2001, 02:08 PM
Salve,<br>
<br>
Part of the problem with fighting Germanic peoples was that Roman victories achieved little results in the long term. Any treaties concluded were good only as long as both parties agreeing on them stayed alive and in power. On the death of the Roman commander and or the Germanic leader the agreements became null and void. The loose social structure made such arrangements very hard to enforce. When there was another leader who felt not bound by a treaty he could reopen hostilities. This was confounded by the fact that war leaders formed ad hoc confederacies of those willing to fight and should one part come to terms after a defeat, the other components of such Germanic armies might not feel obliged to honour those at all.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
<br>
Part of the problem with fighting Germanic peoples was that Roman victories achieved little results in the long term. Any treaties concluded were good only as long as both parties agreeing on them stayed alive and in power. On the death of the Roman commander and or the Germanic leader the agreements became null and void. The loose social structure made such arrangements very hard to enforce. When there was another leader who felt not bound by a treaty he could reopen hostilities. This was confounded by the fact that war leaders formed ad hoc confederacies of those willing to fight and should one part come to terms after a defeat, the other components of such Germanic armies might not feel obliged to honour those at all.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Sander van Dorst <p></p><i></i>
