03-25-2013, 01:18 PM
He would not leave without his family, the whole point was that the Romans had succeeded in bringing their families within their power. Recruited pow's were relocated, not as divorcees, but with their wives and children. Having their families live within Roman society, turning them into just another group of civilians that needed to be defended, "tamed" the barbarians (as long as there were not too many of them).
Chances are, the emperor first took the Iazyges with him to deal with the next crisis before deciding what to do with them and dispersing them all over the empire. And he would have kept their families with him too as he marched to the east, to assure himself of their good conduct. The families were the hostages that gave the Romans leverage.
Chances are, the emperor first took the Iazyges with him to deal with the next crisis before deciding what to do with them and dispersing them all over the empire. And he would have kept their families with him too as he marched to the east, to assure himself of their good conduct. The families were the hostages that gave the Romans leverage.
