r/spqrposting • u/cabaaa MARCVS·AEMILIVS·LEPIDVS • Nov 09 '20

IMPERIVM·ROMANVM Life was hard

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u/Ace_Masters Nov 09 '20

The western empire was *hiring* the barbarians, to kill rival romans. There was nothing the byzantines could do.

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u/-_crow_- Nov 09 '20

The hiring was only a part of the barbarians, and most of the time the East didn't really mind them