One view is that soldiers settled on farms when legions were demobilised ended up selling to the wealthy, leading to massive estates. In the long term, this helped weaken the natural source of native… (View Post)
I'll be honest, I know more about the Gothic foederati of the 5th and 6th centuries than I do about ones stationed in Britain. Not a huge shock to me Anglo-Saxons were used that way, but a large scal… (View Post)
Weird you should mention this. Just a few hours ago I watched a video suggesting that Anglo-Saxons might have been invited to Roman Britain as foederati[sp] (non-Roman military forces who retain thei… (View Post)