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To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (579)	9/5/1999 8:57:00 AM
From: chalu2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

Historical analogies are interesting, but possibly inapplicable to our nuclear age. If these were Roman times, a weakened Russia would have fallen to the US, China, or other invaders. Their nuclear arsenal makes this impossible. If the Romans had nuclear weapons and surveillance aircraft at their disposal, it is doubtful barbarians would've gotten to the gates of the city and beyond.

To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (579)	9/5/1999 8:58:00 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 1449

To say that Rome was invaded by barbarians is a little misleading. It was more a civil war than an invasion. Popular history gives the impression of Alaric the Chieftan gathering his clan to assault Rome from the north. Alaric was a noble of Gothic blood. At 18 years of age he was put in command of an auxiliary force recruited from the Goths. He was a Roman officer commissioned by Emperor Theodosius, and when Theodosius marched into Gaul against the usurper Eugenius, he counted Alaric's division as among the most faithful of his army. I could go on and on about this, but I have to get ready for Mass. Briefly put, Alaric was an ambitious Roman general who took advantage of divisions within society to rebel against the central authority and advance his own cause. I'd love to get into why society was divided (it was not corrupted by an effete sensuality as is popularly depicted) but I gotta go.