Pretoria and Rome - The Last Roman Legions

When the old guard was disbanded, they took with them the last few italians still serving in uniform. From here on out, wherever you looked, you saw foreign faces under those helmets. The romans themselves were now content to let others do the fighting for them. This abandonment of their martial heritage is high on the list of potential re why the western empire ultimately fell. Next week severus will face down his two rivals in a three way battle for power that will finally unlock the pandoras box of civil war that the romans had successfully kept shut for a hundred and 25 years.