——the emperor of the Western Empire let the Goths in-—
I have been considering that thought for sometime now.
The question rises, did he allow them in or was he powerless to resist.
I suspect the latter.
Goths were. Rome wasn’t
I think I remember reading that the Goths were fleeing from the Huns. The Emperor resisted letting them in, then relented, hoping to enslave them.
But, my memory could be flawed.