Identity & Culture1 book · 2 highlights
Barbarian Replacement Destroys Institutions
Books Teaching This Pattern
Evidence
Gustavus Adolphus
Theodore Ayrault Dodge · 2 highlights
“Theodosius began to enlist bands of Teutonic chiefs, and from now on the Roman soldier quite lost caste, and the barbarian horseman became the pillar of the empire.”
“Adrianople made it evident that the legions alone could no longer uphold the Roman supremacy.”
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