11-30-2004, 07:16 AM
Hi Theo,<br>
<br>
At the time, the end of the Roman Empire was not as clear to the persons concerned as it seems to us. For them not much had changed, and the new rulers were not that new, only of of a different ethnicity than the Romans. Most of the time they ruled 'in the name of Rome', but in some cases they set up shop themselves.<br>
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I'm not sure where Isidore lived, but he may have been inside the Suebian kingdom. Nevertheless, that would not withold him from regarding himself as still a Roman citizen.<br>
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Patrick wrote to Coroticus 'as a Roman citizen' around 430 AD, while that Coroticus in all likelyhood was a dark age warlord from Strathclyde.<br>
Gildas, writing in Britain ca. 520-30, also saw himself as a Roman citizen.<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
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At the time, the end of the Roman Empire was not as clear to the persons concerned as it seems to us. For them not much had changed, and the new rulers were not that new, only of of a different ethnicity than the Romans. Most of the time they ruled 'in the name of Rome', but in some cases they set up shop themselves.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure where Isidore lived, but he may have been inside the Suebian kingdom. Nevertheless, that would not withold him from regarding himself as still a Roman citizen.<br>
<br>
Patrick wrote to Coroticus 'as a Roman citizen' around 430 AD, while that Coroticus in all likelyhood was a dark age warlord from Strathclyde.<br>
Gildas, writing in Britain ca. 520-30, also saw himself as a Roman citizen.<br>
<br>
Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert <p></p><i></i>
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
