10-11-2018, 09:32 PM
(10-10-2018, 10:22 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote: As I mentioned above, large parts of the Pannonian limes appear to have passed from regular Roman occupation towards the end of the 4th century. Burns suggests that many of the forts in Noricum and Raetia were garrisoned by Germanic troops by the 380s. From what I can make out, most of the upper Danubian limes forts like Eining and Kellmunz seem to have been abandoned by c.430 at the latest.
As said before, I think that you are missing the point that in border fortresses there were auxiliary troops in all the ages of the empire. So the fact that in the IV century many of the forts were garrisoned by Germanic troops does not seems to be a novelty.
The point to be investigated is the organization, engage rules and numerical consistency of "main troops". Some information about them and their numeric relevance would be really interesting.
And, it is absolutely interesting that for what we know, Stilicho moved to Greece versus Alaric with barbaric troops and not with roman troops.
