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The ''limitanei'' were nonetheless a fairly well equipped and trained force of infantry for their time, especially in relation to other standing armies of the day fielded by Rome's [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]], [[Celts|Celtic]], [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]], and Eastern neighbours, collectively referred to as "[[barbarians]]" by the Romans themselves. |
The ''limitanei'' were nonetheless a fairly well equipped and trained force of infantry for their time, especially in relation to other standing armies of the day fielded by Rome's [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]], [[Celts|Celtic]], [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]], and Eastern neighbours, collectively referred to as "[[barbarians]]" by the Romans themselves. |
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It can be surmised, due in part to these reforms, that the Western Roman Empire continued to live on for another 140 years after the end of Constantine's reign, in the face of numerous migrations and invasions from northern and eastern, nomadic peoples such as the [[Huns]], [[Goths]], [[ |
It can be surmised, due in part to these reforms, that the Western Roman Empire continued to live on for another 140 years after the end of Constantine's reign, in the face of numerous migrations and invasions from northern and eastern, nomadic peoples such as the [[Huns]], [[Goths]] ([[Ostrogoths]], [[Visigoths]] and [[Gepids]]), [[Vandals]], [[Sarmatians]], [[Alans]], [[Burgundians]], [[Saxons]] and [[Franks]], which continually weakened the Empire until its eventual [[Decline of the Roman Empire|collapse]] in 476 AD.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}{{original research inline|date=September 2013}} |
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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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* [[Benjamin Isaac]], ''The Limits of Empire: the Roman Army in the East'' (Oxford University Press, revised ed. 1992). |
* [[Benjamin Isaac]], ''The Limits of Empire: the Roman Army in the East'' (Oxford University Press, revised ed. 1992). |
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* A.D. Lee, ''War in Late Antiquity, A Social History'' (Blackwell, 2007). |
* A.D. Lee, ''War in Late Antiquity, A Social History'' (Blackwell, 2007). |
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* {{cite book |title=The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire |last=Luttwak |first= |
* {{cite book |title=The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire |last=Luttwak |first=Edward |author-link=Edward Luttwak |year=1976 |publisher=Johns Hopkins |location=Baltimore |isbn=0801821584 |url=https://archive.org/details/grandstrategyofr00lutt |url-access=registration}} |
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* [[Pat Southern]] and [[Karen R. Dixon]], ''The Late Roman Army'' (Routledge, 1996). |
* [[Pat Southern]] and [[Karen R. Dixon]], ''The Late Roman Army'' (Routledge, 1996). |
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* [[Karl Strobel]], "Strategy and Army Structure between Septimius Severus and Constantine the Great," in Paul Erdkamp, ''A Companion to the Roman Army'' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). |
* [[Karl Strobel]], "Strategy and Army Structure between Septimius Severus and Constantine the Great," in Paul Erdkamp, ''A Companion to the Roman Army'' (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). |
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