• Lvxferre
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      58 months ago

      Odds are that the fort worked rather well in the short term, and that Aquae Granni / Aachen fell for logistic reasons.

      Context: the Roman Empire was a mess back then, being split twice (by Diocletan then Constantine), between the fort being built and the city falling for tribals. Couple that with Aquae Granni being mostly a vacation town in the middle of nowhere, and why it fell becomes clear - “too low priority, we aren’t sending supplies there, let the citizens fend off themselves against the bar-bar-bar”.

    • @AbouBenAdhem
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      38 months ago

      From the article:

      But what we know is that it works. We have no indication of any big destruction after the castrum was built.