What was the population of Roman-controlled western Germany?

[Roma_Victrix]

Indeed. Well, we should also keep in mind the Hun's pressure, the Hunnic "accident".As Heather put it,


But, to sum up,
Heather, page 617/18
"...for one thing, aside from particular an unusual movements like the Hunnic or Avar accidents,patterns of migration were entirely dictated by and secondary to patterns of development,
It was only when nomadic intruders added a much stronger shade of politically motivated migration into the picture that the relationship was reversed, and migration started to dictate patterns of development, undermining both the west Roman and Germanic Europe in one fell swoop.... Even without the Huns these processes of development would eventually undermined the Roman Empire"

I'm suddenly reminded of an episode (of a documentary) where a Roman from Burdigala (Aquitaine) fled from his country estate and farm in order to escape the oncoming horde of Goths, sending his family ahead of him to the nearest seaport, only to have a letter sent to him by some Goth offering a reasonable price to buy a piece of his land so he could farm it. Lol.

[Ludicus]

I'm suddenly reminded of an episode (of a documentary)...

There is nothing like a healthy, young brain. You have an amazing memory