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Military Problems and Foreign Invasions

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- Rich bought themselves off of drafts
- Poor were forced to fight and had little motivation

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- Huns first to invade Rome
- Triggered other invasions
- Capital of Rome threatened by invasions

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- Huns barbaric (written by Roman - contains bias)
- Huns were winning

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- Rome suffered earthquake + flood
- Also suffered plague
- Disasters caused population decline
- Romans thought it was loss of divine favor

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- Disasters disrupted economy
- Trouble drafting troops

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- Emperors made many enemies
- Many died after short reign by some form of violence -> battle, assassination
- Evidence of civil unrest and political instability

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- Roman ambassador to Huns said life with Huns was better than life with Romans -> likely biased
- Had contact with Huns
- Situation in Rome was bad

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-  Soldiers incompetent, over-confident, lazy -> did not wear armor into battles.
- Commanders incompetent, unwilling to assume command, lazy -> did nothing about soldiers not wearing armor
- Many military defeats, loss of cities to invaders