The fall of the roman military power

[Theodosius the Great]

To think that the Huns were like aliens that stunned the romans with unheard-of weapons or surprising fighting techniques is, to put it frankly, quite naive.

Maybe they were stunned by their grotesque appearance.

Judging from this picture, the Huns must've been the ugliest SOBs the Romans ever encountered hock:



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The begin of the fall of the western empire is also to blame on Theodosius the Great. Instead of exterminating or expelling the Goths he just left the whole tribe inside the empire.

Hi Severus,

The way you phrase what happened seems a bit misleading. You seem to think that Theodosius had a choice. The fact is : he spent years trying to contain and expell the Goths but failed despite the support he received from the West. So he had to rationalize the new matrix by making a treaty with them, granting them land and some autonomy. Clearly, this wasn't his first or ideal choice. Besides, the Goths didn't get everything they wanted. They didn't get the land of their choice and they agreed to serve the Empire when required to (granted, they commanded their own forces, but nonetheless it was a concession made on their part).

And his succession after his death was bad because his two sons were not capable.

The problem was he died unexpectedly. Had he lived, I think his sons may have been reared to become great emperors. But they were too immature to rule when their father died and were placed in the care of corrupt regents who ruled in their names. They weren't "bad", just docile.