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How did the attacks from the goths and Persians push rome to the brink of disaster?
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The Romans fought wars against the Persians for more than 380 years. Their disputes were mainly about Armenia, a territory which stood in between the two empires. The Persian Empire was powerful enough to stand up to Roman Empire. These wars were costly and required to use of large military resources to fight in an area which was far away from the vast frontiers of the Roman Empire in Europe, which were often under attack by peoples to the north and the east of these frontiers. This situation contributed to the Roman army becoming overstretched when it had to face a series of invasions, could create a lot of strain and made it more difficult for the Romans to defend the European area of their empire.
The Visigoths (Goths of the east) asked the Romans to allow them to settle in the lower Danube area of the Roman Empire to escape the invasion of eastern Europe by the Huns. The emperor Valens granted this in 386. However,at times there were conflicts between the Romans and the Visigoths. This became particualry bad under the Alaric, a king of the Visigoths. He invaded Italy when the Goths were dissatisfied with the Romans. He was defeated by Stilicho, the general of the Roman army, who then made a political agreement with Alaric. However, Stilicho was executed due to false accusations by political rivals. Following this Alaric made demands which the emperor Honorius tuned down. Alaric then invaded Italy and besieged Rome three times. On the third occasion, in 410, he also sacked the city. Soon after this Alaric died and the conflict ended.
To counter Alaric's first invasion of Italy, Stilicho had to redeploy some Roman troops from Gaul to Italy. It is thought that this made it easier for the Vandals, Alans and Sueves to invade Gaul while this conflict was going on. The Romans were not capable to respond to these invasions, which were the beginning of the process which led to the fall of the western part of the Romans Empire
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Who tried to conquer the Greeks?
Basically the greeks themselves, Persians, romans, goths, and that's about it.
What do the Vandals Persians Goths have in common?
All of those three groups were, at one time, enemies of the Roman Empire.
Are there African Goths?
Are you talking about Goths as in people into the Gothic Music scene? Yes there are African Goths, African-American Goths, Japanese Goths. It's just a style of music and a music subculture and people all over the world like it.
What kind of Christianity did the Goths adopt?
The Goths were Arian Christians.
How did the emperors deal with Goths?
Very carefully. Rome was defeated by the Goths and the city of Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in 410. The Goths in a short time controlled all of Italy. The goths became the concern of the eastern emperors who were wary of them both militarily and religiously, as the Goths were Arian Christians.
Who tried to conquer the Greeks?
Basically the greeks themselves, Persians, romans, goths, and that's about it.
What does vandals Persians goths fanks huns angles have in common?
They all attacked parts of the roman empire
What do the Vandals Persians Goths have in common?
All of those three groups were, at one time, enemies of the Roman Empire.
What outside invaders also threatened the roman empire during the 3rd century?
In the east there were attacks led by the Heruli. the Goths, Gepids and Peucini. In the West there were attacks by the Franks, the Alemanni.
Are there African Goths?
Are you talking about Goths as in people into the Gothic Music scene? Yes there are African Goths, African-American Goths, Japanese Goths. It's just a style of music and a music subculture and people all over the world like it.
What kind of Christianity did the Goths adopt?
The Goths were Arian Christians.
Are emos goths?
No, emos are not goths. They are two different subcultures.
How did Rome keep the Goths from acting them?
the Romans paid the goths not to attack
Who are the visigoth?
The Visigoths were the western branch of the Goths. The Goths were original from Sweden and migrated through eastern Europe all the way to Ukraine. When the Huns invaded their land, some of the Goths asked the Roman emperor to allow them to settle in the lower Danube area of the Roman Empire to escape the Huns. This was granted. The rest of the Goths were conquered by the Huns and became their vassals. The Goths in the Roman Empire then came to be called Visigoths (Goths of the west) because at that point they lived further west than the other Goths. The other Goths came to be called Ostrogoths (Goths of the east).
How did the emperors deal with Goths?
Very carefully. Rome was defeated by the Goths and the city of Rome was sacked by the Visigoths in 410. The Goths in a short time controlled all of Italy. The goths became the concern of the eastern emperors who were wary of them both militarily and religiously, as the Goths were Arian Christians.
Do goths only go out with goths?
Usually but I'm sure there are a few out there who are open-minded about partners as Goths are generally open-minded about everything.
When was Roderick the Last of the Goths created?
Roderick the Last of the Goths was created in 1815.
