How come both of them couldn't handle barbarian tribes harassing their borders? They literally fought against those primitives for centuries and in the end lost to them.
>>18481241>How come both of them couldn't handle barbarian tribes harassing their borders? They literally fought against those primitives for centuriesMakes it sound like they handled them pretty well.
>>18481241How would you deal with barbarian border skirmishes on a border that big in an era where communication took days if not weeks and your military budget allows for defending maybe 10% of your border, assuming you want to have any money left to fight rival empires?
They both shat themselves internally before external threats had a chance.
>>18481251This.
>>18481241Christianity, turn the other cheek.
>>18481241They did. They rebelled and defeated barbarians for centuries. But lost during times of internal turmoil and decay when said barbarians were unified and strong.
