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Originally Posted by Dragonlich
I wonder if there were romans trying to "understand" the barbarians that invaded them. After all, the romans raped and pillaged their lands, so it's only fair that the barbarians destroyed their empire.
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It's completely understandable that the barbarians would fight back. But you put quotes round 'understand' as if you think it's a silly thing to do! Surely if the Romans didn't try to understand and lost an empire, then that's not the right course of action now.
Maybe being less confrontational and more understanding when they were still powerful enough to hold an empire would have enabled them to keep it for longer. Ok, Rome wouldn't have been as powerful or rich, but how did the average Roman benefit from this power? I doubt they benefitted much from an expanding empire, just as the majority of people in the US don't today.