05-08-2017, 03:14 PM
Good morning. The word I should be using in my argument is propensity.
Because the Louisiana State University research study proves that many Roman citizens (including some Roman soldiers) were angry about their loss to the Parthians and because I can easily prove that some Roman soldiers were corrupt, these Roman soldiers had a propensity to accost weary Parthian travelers.
Robert Vermat mentioned that he could think of scenarios in which Parthian traders would hesitate to visit Roman territory after a Roman defeat. If he has any proof of this, I would love to read it.
As for the lack of documents, I was thinking along the lines of general lack of record keeping. After all, as far as I know, there was only one historical account in existence about the destruction of Pompeii due to a volcano. And since there are scant records of Roman soldier atrocities against their own citizens, it wouldn't be a great stretch of the imagination to say that at one time there may have been records of Roman soldier atrocities against weary Parthian travelers.
Because the Louisiana State University research study proves that many Roman citizens (including some Roman soldiers) were angry about their loss to the Parthians and because I can easily prove that some Roman soldiers were corrupt, these Roman soldiers had a propensity to accost weary Parthian travelers.
Robert Vermat mentioned that he could think of scenarios in which Parthian traders would hesitate to visit Roman territory after a Roman defeat. If he has any proof of this, I would love to read it.
As for the lack of documents, I was thinking along the lines of general lack of record keeping. After all, as far as I know, there was only one historical account in existence about the destruction of Pompeii due to a volcano. And since there are scant records of Roman soldier atrocities against their own citizens, it wouldn't be a great stretch of the imagination to say that at one time there may have been records of Roman soldier atrocities against weary Parthian travelers.
