Even so, when the Goths looted it, it was a "shock to the system". With the aristocracy having lost any particular connection to the administration of the state, Rome was totally irrelevant. It is instructive that emperor Diocletian did not even bother to visit Rome on the 1000-year anniversary of the city!!!Įmperor Gallienus, circa 250 CE, issued an edict removing Roman senators from appointments in the army and state administration. The key cities that served as capitals of the Roman state there were Nicomedia, Thessalonica and eventually Constantinople (Nova Roma). ![]() The same in the East, where the senior emperor resided. Roman emperors continued to visit Rome, of course (Aurelian certainly did), but after the imposition of the tetrarchy few bothered to stay there for any length of time. After that, the capital in the west moved around a lot, from Mediolanum, to Trier and to, finally, Ravenna. In fact, emperor Gallienus moved the capital from Rome to Milan (Mediolanum), to be able to respond faster to barbarian incursions. No, it had nothing to do with the "fall" of the empire. Defeated and chased off by Consantinus’s grand army and mopped up in Spain by barbarians Leftover units instigated civil war within Constantine’s realm and destroyed half the British legion with the other half. Probably reformed by Morjorian and became the nucleus of the New Gallic armyĪrmies in Spain, Royalist units destroyed by Constantine III during the civil war (yup 3 field armies killed eachother). The Gothic Auxilia palatina units he formed saw mass desertion after his death and subsequent revenge massacres carried against goths. Imperial Escort Armies, in the early 400s Stilicho drafted large amount of gothic POWs into this group which he then used as the central army. Threw their lot in with Constantine III and was destroyed in the civil war German field army was greatly weakened during the 410s migration. New Army in Gaul, reformed army left my Majorian with Aegidius in northern Gaul set up the rump state of Soissonsīritish legions were destroyed in Spain and Gaul during Constantine III’s revolt in the 410s Italian field armies probably saw large casualties from attempted reconquest of North Africa as well, likely fled with Julius Nepos to Dalmatia or was absorbed into Odoacer’s army in Italia Gallic field armies were pulled to northern Italy, likely absorbed into Italian armies and decimated in the attempted reconquest of Africa from Vandals Here are some examples of proper legions: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licenseĭepending on the units you were in. Header Image is 'Roman Forum' by Benson Kua and has been modified from its original dimensions. ![]() It was modified by /u/IBelieveAllTheThings to fix some bugs specfic to our sub. We use the FlatBlue by /u/creesch for this subreddit. Please use the menu above to select one for yourself! Part of the r/history community:įor a complete list of history related subreddits, check out the sidebar on r/history. The nearer a (person) comes to a calm mind, the closer (they are) to strength". "Gentleness and civility are more human, (than rage) and therefore (superior). Feel free to post about Roman architecture, military history, art, archaeological finds and anything else that deals with ancient Rome. This is a subreddit dedicated to the Roman Kingdom, Republic and the Empire up until the fall of the Western Empire.
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