[gothic-l] Re: Armalist

[Anthony Appleyard]

  From: Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at tninet.se> 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.
(2) They would learn Roman fighting methods and then go home and teach them to
other Germanic tribes.

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