3: The Goths and the Beginning of Rome's End
The Fall of Rome Podcast
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The Division of the Goths in the Roman Empire
Lupikinus and Maximus turned a standard settlement deal for a group of barbarians into an opportunity for corruption on a massive scale. The highest ranks of the Goths were every bit as subject to this as the lowest ranks. Some historians have suggested that deliberately limiting the Goths' supplies was a way to keep them under control.
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