10-31-2013, 10:14 PM
I have a quick question on what was Rome's policy on Babarian client states and tribes living within their borders(like Goths and Vandals).
Would these peoples live under a soverign state with its own citizenship or a Gothic citizen in the Visigothic kingdom can gain Roman citizenship? Would these states be a mixture of Romans and Germans or just Germans?
Also of Army service. Are their two types of Foderetii? Independent ally and mixed troops?
For example, Theodosis army was made up of Romans and its own allied attatchment of Goths? But was the Roman force made up of Germans that gained Roman citizenship as well?
Would these German(with Roman citizenship) troops be considered Foderetii or Legionaire?
Was their treatment different?
How was the social status differences of these two peoples? I heard to Goths were horribly mistreated, does this policy apply to the ones that haven't gained citizenship? If they did why didn't they bother thinking about since most their soldiers were Goths? Honorious perscuted many Goths, forcing 30,000 Gothic troops to defect to Alaric.
Also what tribe was Odoacer in??? Or he was a mixture with Romans under him?
Lastly: Was the fall of Western Roman Empire be defined as a military conquest or just a simple change of culture?
Would these peoples live under a soverign state with its own citizenship or a Gothic citizen in the Visigothic kingdom can gain Roman citizenship? Would these states be a mixture of Romans and Germans or just Germans?
Also of Army service. Are their two types of Foderetii? Independent ally and mixed troops?
For example, Theodosis army was made up of Romans and its own allied attatchment of Goths? But was the Roman force made up of Germans that gained Roman citizenship as well?
Would these German(with Roman citizenship) troops be considered Foderetii or Legionaire?
Was their treatment different?
How was the social status differences of these two peoples? I heard to Goths were horribly mistreated, does this policy apply to the ones that haven't gained citizenship? If they did why didn't they bother thinking about since most their soldiers were Goths? Honorious perscuted many Goths, forcing 30,000 Gothic troops to defect to Alaric.
Also what tribe was Odoacer in??? Or he was a mixture with Romans under him?
Lastly: Was the fall of Western Roman Empire be defined as a military conquest or just a simple change of culture?