03-16-2010, 04:01 PM
Hi Roy,
Don't know how he delivered the supplies, but I think you nailed it on the head - by resupplying the besieged, he forced the Goths to withdraw. As we can see in the siege of Rome in the 6th c., often the besiegers were in the same bad state as the besieged. It was a question of who could how out longer, and the first thing to do was to prevent any supplies getting through. In this case, the Goths clearly failed.
Don't know how he delivered the supplies, but I think you nailed it on the head - by resupplying the besieged, he forced the Goths to withdraw. As we can see in the siege of Rome in the 6th c., often the besiegers were in the same bad state as the besieged. It was a question of who could how out longer, and the first thing to do was to prevent any supplies getting through. In this case, the Goths clearly failed.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
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MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
