Tapio, the king of forest

Rome was being slowly destroyed by invasions of different barbarians. The Eastern Empire was hammered pretty well by the Huns.

Mangekyou

I know

I was just giving my small narrative opinions in general

Reading a wikia article is not always the best place to go for sources in depth. Its enough for basics though.

In general though I agree. A lot of it was through treachery and bribery but there were some field battles too.

The Lusitanian war was full of fighting and I generally recommend reading up about it. Viriathu was certainly one of the toughest leaders they had ever faced, and I dont recall them defeating him outright, but rather through treachery and assassination.

Delenda est Roma

Any books on the two?

Mangekyou

The best source for the Jugurthine war is Sallust. You can buy hi works on Amazon.

Or this book:



For the Lusitanian war:





Both are currently unavailable with Amazon though, its hard to get a book on this war, imo.

Appian is the best source for this war

Appian's History of Rome: The Spanish Wars

caldrail

Why not study the war against Palmyra? It's got some fascinating politics and background story besides the actual campaigning.

Mangekyou

I absolutely agree. Queen Zenobia was a fascinating women.

Guaporense

Actually, it wasn't. Rome wasn't defeated by the barbarians in a single field battle from Adrianople to 476 AD. The Roman state just evaporated and therefore the rich cities in the empire were defenseless and thus were attractive targets for the barbarian tribes beyond the empire to sack.

There isn't any actual war involved in the fall of the Roman Empire, it wasn't a military process but a political/socio-economic process.