Barbarians at the (Open) Gates and the Missing Roman Army: Exploring Gaps in the Conventional Explanation of Roman Lack of Response to the Rhine Crossing of 405/6.
Written by Daniel Berardino, United States Military Academy, 20′ Edited by Esther Reichek, Yale 23′ Abstract: In the winter of 405 or 406, a large-scale armed migration of Vandals,Alans, and Sueves fell upon the Rhine frontier of the Western Roman Empireand—as far as we know—encountered no resi…