05-20-2014, 07:50 AM
Quote:The reasoning for the garrisoning of Aquileia and Aetius not blockading the Alps is that in other centuries when the Julian Alps were blockaded it proved pointless cause they went around. I'd have to find some examples.
I agree. The Huns could easily have gone through Noricum (I think they did because we know of some devastated towns there) which would leave Aetius guarding the Julian passes with an enemy at his back.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
