What attracts you to Late Rome?

[Alanus]

I believe the Alans (and I'm including the Roxolani and Aorsi [aka Alanorsi]) relied too heavily on the cataphract and contus-- harking back to the days when they were known as the Massagetae. The Huns out-maneuverd them. Quick crack-shots with the bow. Also, the Alans were "tamer," more civilized after contact with the Chinese, the Sogdians, and Bactrians, and then the Crimean sedentaries.