Constantine and the Roman Empire

Constantine's willingness to populate the legions with soldiers of german descent and augment his armies with german auxiliary forces was seen as a crucial development in the story of how the western empire fell. The theory goes, once the germans wormed their way into the military the ultimate destruction of the empire became a matter not of if, but of when. But like i say, the reforms worked pretty well at the time. And for the 12 years he was sole emperor, the legions won every single campaign they initiated,. mostly against the franks and the alamani on the rhine and the sarmatians and goths the danube.