JuliusNepos

That title doesn't make a whole lot of sense, considering that calling Stilicho a Vandal would be like calling Obama a Kenyan. They both had parents who were those but that doesn't make them such. Unfortunately, the title makes perfect sense. Even today, there are those who doubt Obama's citizenship and legitimacy as a president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_...piracy_theories There must have been even more of a tendency in Ancient Rome to see others as "outsiders" based on their social background or ethnic origen. guy also known as gaius That's an interesting perspective, I actually didn't think of the similarities of the crazies calling Obama a foreigner, Muslim, or terrorist and how many Romans viewed Stilicho as a Vandal barbarian.

That title doesn't make a whole lot of sense, considering that calling Stilicho a Vandal would be like calling Obama a Kenyan. They both had parents who were those but that doesn't make them such.