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    COYATOYPIKC Senior Member Flatout Minigame Champion Arjos's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by konny View Post
    German groups ("tribes" would have been the wrong term to describe the new kingdoms).
    Well, they were more confederacies of tribes, than kingdoms (at least before dynasties gained supremacy): successions were still influenced by prestige and power, rather than birth rights alone...
    For example I recall Aetius urging Thorismund to secure his claim, still he did it to remove the latter, but that the Frank would listen, gives some hint...

    Quote Originally Posted by konny View Post
    there is absolutly no hint that the Romans underestimated the Germans ... the second time a good 80,000 Romans were butchered at Arausio.
    The two generals did squabble among themselves, imo, there are even too many episodes of Romani underestimating their opponents and Arausio was one...
    Even though, so spoke Plutarch and he loved tales :P
    Last edited by Arjos; 02-06-2012 at 19:57.

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