[gothic-l] Re: Armalist

[Tore Gannholm]

>--- In gothic-l at egroups.com, "Anthony Appleyard" <MCLSSAA2 at f...>
>wrote:
>>   From: Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:-
>> > ... The great mistake was to employ Germanic soldiers as
>legionaries. ...
>>
>> That would have these risks for the Romans:-
>> (1) On the battlefield they might be somewhat unwilling to fight
>against their
>> own people, if the enemy were also Germanic.
>
>
>I don't think that they (Germanic tribesmen) would have been unwilling
>to fight against 'their own people' at all. I don't think that there
>was such a common understanding of 'we' (the Germans) and 'them' (the
>Romans). So they would not have recognised them as 'their own people'
>In the late empire most of the high ranking generals were from
>Germanic elits often Franks such as Rechomeres, Bauto, Merobaudes
>etc.. Patrick Greary showed that these people would have likely looked
>down on their peers who commanded 'only' Germanic warrior bands. I
>think some tribes along the limes feared their Germanic brethren in
>the hinterland more than the Romans.
>
>Dirk


In the battle on the Catalunian fields the Ostrogoths did actually fight
for Attila and the Visigoths for the Romans
Tore


>
>
>> (2) They would learn Roman fighting methods and then go home and
>teach them to
>> other Germanic tribes.
>
>
>
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