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Defences of the western Roman empire in 5th century
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Quote:It's too bad Stilicho returned so many of his troops to the Eastern Empire when he did.
He had to, no choice really. Legally he had no right to keeep them anyway, but there was a practical reason too: the eastern troops never liked Stilicho and he knew things would have blown up in his face if he had tried to keep both armies together.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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