> Really? Wow, when did that happen? Importing barbarian fighters to swell the declining rank of the empire is one of the theories of the decline and fall of t

> Really? Wow, when did that happen? Importing barbarian fighters to swell the declining rank of the empire is one of the theories of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. > I went to Rome 3 years ago About 1600 years too late to be relevant for GPs example. And for the record, he is wrong about it being relevant to emigration to the US today. Despite having Senators in the Senate on the Capitol hill (Rome had Senators in the Senate on the Capitoline hill), the US is not the Roman republic or empire and the problems they face are not the same.