Gloria Exercitus

Since there is already such complaining about a simple poll, just tell me your favorite general period.

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well guess what, you misunderstood what i was saying. i wasnt saying that the Romans didnt know what hannibal was planning, its kind of hard to get into to peoples minds.....i was saying how Hannibal knew what he was doing on the battlefield (due to experiance) and the Roman general didnt know what he was doing from a (lack of experiance). I know that the Romans couldnt know what hannibal was planning. I simply was saying that hannibal was experianced and the roman general wasnt.

"bunk"?, man i must not know anything about history then cuz my theory just got shot down by a kid who clearly spends too much time on this site. You sure do argue like you know the answer to this topic. Last time i checked there were many reasons for the fall, and i just listed numerous ones. But since your acting like they are total "bunk" then who knows, maybe they aret, but i have read on the subject and i have based my worthless oppinion on it. Maybe you have the one-and-only answer, maybe you were there, witnessing the fall. That sure would be cool to have a real, live Roman on this forum. I'm not even going to argue about it cuz i just dont know enough on the subject, I just posted what I thought. But if you have the one and only answer to why the empire fell, then please share it. I sure would like to hear your oppinion cuz im sure its fabulous and far more accurate than my oh so "bunk" theory.

Christianity and the church had absolutely nothing to do with the fall of the Roman empire. The Roman Empire collapsed on itself, by itself. Paganism, inflation, civil wars, immorality, wickedness, barbarian attacks, no established appointment of emperors, corrupt government and politics etc. Everyone knows that Rome and it's empire got worse and worse as it expanded, and then it just imploded. If you think long and hard about the subject of Rome and it's empire, a lot of outsourcing went on in the realm of agriculture and goods, eventually the Empire had become so dependant on other nation's goods that when the wars stopped and the expansion stopped, things went downhill. One might think that God had enough of the Roman Empire and just let them be destroyed. People think that Christianity would make the Roman's pacifists and would make the waring stop...please! People try and find scapegoats for the problems they read or study, Rome fell because of it's sheer wickedness and corruption. I would venture forth to even say that Christianity would have been a good thing for the Romans, and I also would venture to say that I am surprised that the Roman Empire lasted for as long as it did.

Yeah go ahead and mention your favorite Byzantine generals as well

For me, I would have to say Germanicus. He was loved by the army and possessed fine attributes in being a soldier and a leader. He was responsible for putting down the tribes east of the Rhine River and he later turned on the Asian provinces and defeated the various kingdoms such as Commagena and Cappadocia. He was a general who fought for Rome and conquored lands in her name.

Alright, thank you very much.

I know nothing of the Antonine Wall in Britain, all I have heard about is Hadrian's Wall. At first I thought that only Hadrian's Wall existed in Britain but then I found a map and saw that there was another wall, Antonine's Wall. I was just curious why this wall is not as heavily mentioned and what was the significance of it since Hadrian's Wall gets all of the attention. Just a curiosity of mine.

Who thinks that Cannae was a great strategic accomplishment on the part of Hannibal? I sure don't. When I hear the History Channel and such say that this battle was won out of sheer strategy and knowledge of the rules of war, I get annoyed. Yes, Hannibal knew what he was doing, but luckily for him, his enemy didn't; thus making it easy for him to just...win. It was due to the Roman general Varus and his utter ignorance and absolute stupidity that he filed his massive army so deep in rank. Hannibal did not win because of his magnificent strategies, he won because his enemy failed to expound on their own strengths.