03-24-2006, 10:34 PM
Other aspect was the ausence of "patriotism" or "implication", it was quiet difficult to recruit a Roman army, normally half of the army was composed by Germanic mercenaries or Roman bandits, there wasn´t the same quantity of "potential" soldiers like in other times.
In my opinion, the Roman army relaxed his customs and get rids of things like a heavy armour, the sword like the gladius hispaniensis...
Besides, the barbarian tribes gets stronger and stronger, for example, the Huns mounted archers were a revolution unity in that time that was almost unknown in the Roman World.
Finally, I think that this topic will never end.
In my opinion, the Roman army relaxed his customs and get rids of things like a heavy armour, the sword like the gladius hispaniensis...
Besides, the barbarian tribes gets stronger and stronger, for example, the Huns mounted archers were a revolution unity in that time that was almost unknown in the Roman World.
Finally, I think that this topic will never end.
Magister Equitum Gaudentius :wink: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" />:wink:
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