Rome\'s worst military defeat

[Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus]

I don't think it crippled the empire so much as gave the Goths the thought that they could drive further into the empire. I beleive the Romans came to a truce with the goths for several years after Adrianople and it was only when Aleric emerged as their leader did they drive towards Rome. The Goths just wanted land to settle on and fair treatment which they got after Adrianople, even though they were looked down upon by the Romans. So in other words I think that Adrianople was a showing that the Romans were weakening and could no longer protect their empire like they used to, even though the eastern roman empire would last until 1054 when it became the Byzantine Empire and that empire would finally end in 1453. <p>THERE ARE NO STUPID PEOPLE, ONLY PEOPLE STUPID ENOUGH TO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY'VE MADE A MISTAKE</p><i></i>