03-01-2014, 12:27 AM
Do we have any idea what sort of troops might have defended Rome during the Gothic sieges of AD408-410? Were there any military units in the vicinity, or would the citizens themselves have had to man the walls and gates?
(This is assuming that the city was actually defended - otherwise Alaric could simply have walked in and taken what he wanted straight away - although I suppose it's possible the Goths were more holding the city hostage than besieging it in the strict sense of the word...)
(This is assuming that the city was actually defended - otherwise Alaric could simply have walked in and taken what he wanted straight away - although I suppose it's possible the Goths were more holding the city hostage than besieging it in the strict sense of the word...)
Nathan Ross
