12. Can you suggest a reason why some historians do not regard Châlons as one of the world's decisive battles?
13. In what sense does the date, 476 A.D., mark the "fall" of the Roman Empire?
FOOTNOTES
[1] Webster, Readings in Ancient History, chapter xxiii, "The Germans as Described by Tacitus."
[2] Tacitus, Germania, 19.
[3] See pages 224-226.
[4] See page 219.
[5] See page 223.
[6] See page 98.
[7] See page 178.