[MinorityRepublican]

Jose’ is going to enlist, take the bonus enlistment money and head home across the Rio Grande to party. Adios Gringos!

The Romans did the same thing with the barbarians. The natives didn't join the army so they had to turn to the barbarians to fill the legions. We all know the end to that story.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

The Romans did the same thing with the barbarians. The natives didn't join the army so they had to turn to the barbarians to fill the legions. We all know the end to that story.

I see this a lot on this forum and it's incorrect. For the Romans, "barbarian" was someone who lived outside the empire's borders, like the Slavs and Germans. The Romans, until the very end, never filled their ranks with barbarians. The problems started in the 3rd century when non-Romans and non-Italians in the empire manned their legions, like Greeks, Syrians, Gallians, etc. The Romans often found themselves in conflict with their own legions.