Recent content by Gateis

Fingers crossed that the Huns don't decide to act up now.

Yeah, 65 million for the first two centuries AD sounds about right and I've seen that number quite often. That said, with a population of 4.5 million Jews would make up nearly 7% of the empire which on its face is just a very substantial part of the population. I'm not saying it's wrong, it's...

That sounds pretty high. How large would the entire population of the Empire be during that time, you reckon?

It will be very interesting to watch how the political and religious culture of the two Roman states will diverge due to happenstance and political realities. The West couldn't copy the East even if they wanted to, after having been badly rocked at the start of the century. Even if they are...

Oh, the dreary work of bureaucrats. If only it weren't so vital for the running of the state! Well, apparently Flavius Felix sees it differently, but I never had the pleasure of educating two young boys of higher status than myself. Looks like we aren't so far off from Theodosius taking power...

Oh, Theodosius takes some inspiration from Frederick II? Well, hopefully he'll have a better relationship with the Roman bishop than his counterpart. :coldsweat: It also looks like the model of seasonal workers is not just a one-way street, with men from the empire going up to Ireland to do...

And to you as well.

Oh the Goths, as it so happens the fury of the Gothic warriors is tamed by the riches of Rome. It speaks to their further integration into society that they have started preferring the lifestyle of Roman nobility to the sword. By doing so they are leaving a hole in the power-structure to be...

And that's a wrap. For the first time in a long time the empire is pacified. I'm sure it'll stay that way for decades to come. While they are in peace the Romans should also look at straightening out their tax code, can't have their farmers flee abroad to avoid paying their "fair" share. Even...

We can thank Galla for naming her son Theodosius as it ensures that the codex won’t change its name, even if comes from the west instead of the east. I’m actually more interested in the reforms of the legal profession. It doesn’t just take another step towards the professionalisation of the...

Where are my men killing each other with sticks and stones? I thought that was the sum total of human history? :openedeyewink:

St. Patrick better pack some winter clothes, because he'll need it. That a surviving West would speed up social stratification, political consolidation and christianisation was sort of a given, but I noticed the omission of the barbaricum beyond Hadrian's Wall. Nothing happening there besides...

Something tells me that this interconfessional conflict will spring up again and again, despite the law on religious freedom.

The updates concerning the Suebi have noted that their region is rather well integrated into the Roman trade network, with their wares making their way to Gaul, Italy and even the East. A state of affairs that would surely only deepen as time progresses, if the Empire keeps itself together and...

The imperial family is for the near future probably not large enough for this sort of dynastic intermarriage with foederati and border tribes, but it does set the precedence and, more importantly, will likely further normalise marriages between Roman and foederati elites as well as the inclusion...