Asnwer these Questions: Define "defense-in-depth" and "barbarization." In your opinion, what role did both of these, as incorporated into the Roman army, have on the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

Defense-in-depth was based upon the assumption that the outer countiers could not be do impenetrable, and, since they would eventually be penetrated, a small reserve host that traveled to the point of attack would be insufficient should an fight enemy penetrate more than one frontier range at one time. Such an invasion could only be stopped if the frontier defense was realigned with strong forts that were built in a deep band, that is, staggered not only along the front lines, but behind one another to form a running defense, with the strong diligent army to respond (by region) to both attack.

As also was previously discussed (last paragraph of answer #1), the ultimate culmination of the defense-in-depth was the deterioration of the Roman Infantry. The limitanei (frontier troops), were no longer expected to pommel the enemy, and before long, they no longer wished to even engage the enemy. tout ensemble of the training and expectations of actually defeating the enemy fell on the shoulders of the mobile army, thus, reducing Romes overall combat manpower effectiveness. This is not to guess that these effects were felt instantaneously upon the Empire, in fact, the defeats in Persia and at Adrianople were more from leadership failure than from lack of training or fighting spirit--but, nonetheless, the seeds had been planted from the conception of the defense-in-depth strategy.

The limitanei actually maintained most resemblance to their predecessors although up into the fifth century, at which point, they dissolved into a peasant militia, mostly due to the federation of barbarian forces. So, if the limitanei were still roughly effective, how did the defense-in-depth help cause the fall of the Roman Empire? Simply, it was not the overall concept of the strategy that failed, but rather, the execution of the strategy. For example, the drastic decline...

wow, really incomplete, no introduction/conclusion, no thesis logical argument or clearly defined arguments.. you teacher gave that a 98%???? i am only in grade 11 but my teacher would have failed that essay.

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