User blog:MilenHD/Alaric I vs Arminius

Alaric I: The Visigoth king, who sacked Rome and nearly destroyed the empire.

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Arminius: The Cherusci warrior, who destroyed three Roman legions.

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Alaric I
Alaric I was the first King of the Visigoths from 395–410, son of chieftain Rothestes, according to Christian Settipani. Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire.

Alaric's first appearance was as the leader of a mixed band of Goths and allied peoples who invaded Thrace in 391, who were stopped by the half-Vandal Roman General Stilicho. Later joining the Roman army, he began his career under the Gothic soldier Gainas. In 394 Alaric led a Gothic force of 20,000 that helped the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius defeat the Frankish usurper Arbogast at the Battle of Frigidus. Despite sacrificing around 10,000 of his men, Alaric received little recognition from the Emperor. Disappointed, he left the army and was elected reiks of the Visigoths in 395, and marched toward Constantinople until he was diverted by Roman forces. He then moved southward into Greece, where he sacked Piraeus (the port of Athens) and destroyed Corinth, Megara, Argos, and Sparta. As a response, the Eastern emperor Flavius Arcadius appointed Alaric magister militum (“master of the soldiers”) in Illyricum.

In 401 Alaric invaded Italy, but he was defeated by Stilicho at Pollentia (modern Pollenza) on April 6, 402. A second invasion also ended in defeat at the Battle of Verona, though Alaric forced the Roman Senate to pay a large subsidy to the Visigoths. During the Italian invasion of Radagaisus Alaric remained idle in Illyria. In 408, Western Emperor Flavius Honorius ordered the execution of Stilicho and his family, amid rumors that the general had made a deal with Alaric. Honorius then incited the Roman population to massacre tens of thousands of wives and children of Goths serving in the Roman military. Subsequently, around 30,000 Gothic soldiers defected to Alaric and joined his march on Rome to avenge their murdered families.

Alaric sacked Rome with: Short Range= Migration Period Sword Mid Range= Boar Spear Long Range= Francisca Axe Special= Long Seax
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 3 feet
 * Iron
 * Weight: 5 pounds
 * Length: 7 feet
 * Iron head, wooden handle
 * Weight: 1 pound
 * Length: 1 foot
 * Range: 60 feet
 * Iron head, wooden handle
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 2 feet
 * Iron

Arminius
Arminius, also known as Armin or Hermann was a cheiftain of the German Cherusci. Arminius was born in 17 or 18 AD, and in his younger years was sent to Rome as a tribute, and actually attained Roman citizenship and even petty noble status, training to be a commander in the Roman Army. Arminius commanded a unit of Roman-Germanic reserves in the Balkans in 4 AD, but in 7 or 8 AD, he returned to Germany. In the fall of 9 AD, Rome sent a massive military force into Germania, planning bring the region under total Roman control. Knowing of this plan, Arminius hit the Romans exactly where their military tactics were weakest, in the dense Teutoburg forest. The Roman force under Quintilius Varus were marching along a sunken road in the woods, in the middle of rainstorm, when Germanic forces felled trees behind them, preventing escape. The Germans then hurled stones, darts, and javelins at the Roman soldiers from the forests above and to either side, before charging in with their swords and framea spears, slaughtering numerous Romans at close range and forcing the rest into a retreat that brought them directly into Germanic field fortifications prepared near Kalkriese Hill. The Romans were trapped between the fortifications and the pursuing force of Germans and slaughtered, three legions being completely wiped out and 16,000-20,000 men killed. Varus was not killed in battle, but committed suicide by falling on his sword when he realized defeat was certain. The few survivors, if any, were likely taken into slavery. The Romans later retaliated, defeating Arminius in major battles and recapturing two of Rome's legionary eagles, and Arminius became involved in inter-tribal conflict, being killed under mysterious circumstance in 21 AD. In spite of this, Roman Empire would never again attempt to make an attempt to establish a permanent presence in Germania west of the Rhine River.

Arminius defeated the three legions with: Short Range= Spatha Mid Range= Framea Long Range= Javelin Special= Fire Hardened club
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 3 feet
 * Iron
 * Weight: 2 pounds
 * Length: 6 feet
 * Iron edge, wooden handle
 * Weight: 4 pounds
 * Length: 4 feet
 * Range: 50 feet
 * Iron head, wooden handle
 * Weight: 3 pounds
 * Length: 2 feet
 * Ash Wood, Beeswax

My Edges
Short: Edge Even: Both swords are too similar.

Mid: Edge Arminius: The framea is lighter and easier to throw.

Long: Edge Alaric I: His throwing axe is lighter, has more range and is more devastating.

Special: Edge Alaric I: An early version of the machete vs a piece of wood? Easy edge for the long seax.

X-Factors
Tactics: Alaric I 78, Arminius 89: Arminius is remembered by studying the Roman's tactics and using it against them in the Teutoburg forest, and while Alaric I had won battles and was great leader, he wasn't a tactician like Arminius who was teached by the Romans in the ways of strategy.

Brutality: Alaric I 94, Arminius 83: Arminius and his Cherusci tribemen just slaughtered the 3 legions, but left survivor. In the sack of Rome, Alaric killed women, children and old people, just because the Romans killed Gothic children and wives.

Armor: Alaric I 83, Arminius 80: Alaric I is wearing a chainmail and oak shield, alongside with iron helmet. Arminius is wearing Lorica Hamata and Germanic round shield.

Intimidation: Alaric I 90, Arminius 96: The pillages of Thrace, Greece and Rome made Alaric to be feared and the Goths had reputation of savages, but Arminiuswith his  hit and run tactics were feared even more, and the things he did to the enemies skulls to scare the legions, give him another plus here.