Gregory Aldrete

What does that mean?

Right. And again, the other fun debate is were these invasions, you know, when the Visigoths cross the Danube and come into the Roman Empire, is this an invasion as it was originally described or is it a migration as some scholars have started calling it? because the Visigoths were fleeing pressure from another Gothic group, and they were fleeing pressure from the Huns.

Right. And again, the other fun debate is were these invasions, you know, when the Visigoths cross the Danube and come into the Roman Empire, is this an invasion as it was originally described or is it a migration as some scholars have started calling it? because the Visigoths were fleeing pressure from another Gothic group, and they were fleeing pressure from the Huns.

Right. And again, the other fun debate is were these invasions, you know, when the Visigoths cross the Danube and come into the Roman Empire, is this an invasion as it was originally described or is it a migration as some scholars have started calling it? because the Visigoths were fleeing pressure from another Gothic group, and they were fleeing pressure from the Huns.

And I mean, a lot of the early Gothic peoples who come into the Roman Empire are basically seeking asylum. They're saying, will you give us a piece of territory to live on within the boundaries of the empire? And in return, we will fight for you against external enemies. And the Romans make these deals with some of the Goths. In fact,

And I mean, a lot of the early Gothic peoples who come into the Roman Empire are basically seeking asylum. They're saying, will you give us a piece of territory to live on within the boundaries of the empire? And in return, we will fight for you against external enemies. And the Romans make these deals with some of the Goths. In fact,

And I mean, a lot of the early Gothic peoples who come into the Roman Empire are basically seeking asylum. They're saying, will you give us a piece of territory to live on within the boundaries of the empire? And in return, we will fight for you against external enemies. And the Romans make these deals with some of the Goths. In fact,

They made a pretty good deal with the Goths, one group of Goths to do exactly that. Like you can settle within the boundaries, we'll feed you, we'll give you a certain amount of stuff and you fight for us. And then the Romans treated them really badly. They kind of didn't supply what they had promised and so they turned against the Romans with good reason.

They made a pretty good deal with the Goths, one group of Goths to do exactly that. Like you can settle within the boundaries, we'll feed you, we'll give you a certain amount of stuff and you fight for us. And then the Romans treated them really badly. They kind of didn't supply what they had promised and so they turned against the Romans with good reason.

They made a pretty good deal with the Goths, one group of Goths to do exactly that. Like you can settle within the boundaries, we'll feed you, we'll give you a certain amount of stuff and you fight for us. And then the Romans treated them really badly. They kind of didn't supply what they had promised and so they turned against the Romans with good reason.

So the Romans blundered in these things too.

So the Romans blundered in these things too.

So the Romans blundered in these things too.

Some of them did. So again, there were various groups on both sides of those battles. So Attila is the famous Hun, and he comes into the Roman Empire and seems to be heading right for Rome to knock it off.

Some of them did. So again, there were various groups on both sides of those battles. So Attila is the famous Hun, and he comes into the Roman Empire and seems to be heading right for Rome to knock it off.

Some of them did. So again, there were various groups on both sides of those battles. So Attila is the famous Hun, and he comes into the Roman Empire and seems to be heading right for Rome to knock it off.

and everybody is so scared of the Huns that this weird coalition comes together of the Romans plus various barbarian groups against Attila in league with some other barbarian groups, and they fight a huge battle, and it's more or less a stalemate. So Attila gets stopped, and he says, all right, we're going to just rest up for a year. Next year, we'll go finish off the Romans.

and everybody is so scared of the Huns that this weird coalition comes together of the Romans plus various barbarian groups against Attila in league with some other barbarian groups, and they fight a huge battle, and it's more or less a stalemate. So Attila gets stopped, and he says, all right, we're going to just rest up for a year. Next year, we'll go finish off the Romans.

and everybody is so scared of the Huns that this weird coalition comes together of the Romans plus various barbarian groups against Attila in league with some other barbarian groups, and they fight a huge battle, and it's more or less a stalemate. So Attila gets stopped, and he says, all right, we're going to just rest up for a year. Next year, we'll go finish off the Romans.

Next year comes, he heads down into Italy, he's heading straight for Rome, and the Pope goes and meets Attila, and they have lunch together at this river. And at the end of the lunch, Attila goes back and says, eh, I changed my mind. We're going to go back up to France, hang around for another year. We'll finish off the Romans later.