Can a resurgent roman empire repel the huns and germans?

OTL, many of the difficulties the romans faced in wars against the huns than the germans were caused by their dire financial, political and societal conditions. However, I wonder if these problems are as responsible to the fall of the west as some claim. would a roman empire as powerful as trajan's or augustus' (adjusting for technological progress and population increase, of course) be able to beat the goths and huns?
 

Albert.Nik

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They can. If an emperor was of Augustus and Trajan standard,they could not only repel but reverse the invasions.
 
OTL, many of the difficulties the romans faced in wars against the huns than the germans were caused by their dire financial, political and societal conditions. However, I wonder if these problems are as responsible to the fall of the west as some claim. would a roman empire as powerful as trajan's or augustus' (adjusting for technological progress and population increase, of course) be able to beat the goths and huns?

The Huns could be a technical problem: the Roman armies did not have a strong cavalry. OTOH, if we are talking about the Rome of Trajan's time, it would be probably quite possible to kick the Huns beyond Dniester just by a steady advance into their territory: to survive, they had to have cattle and they had tents to live in, and the families (an idea of them spending a quality time 24x7 on a horseback is absurd) which means that their speed of a movement was well below horse's gallop and that they could not keep riding away indefinitely. Then, of course, goes a question about their ability to confront the well-organized Roman armies in a field (what they were facing in OTL was well below Trajan's level) or even to do a serious damage to these armies if they are competently led. After all, the Huns did not have a heavy cavalry of their own and this would limit their ability to win a direct confrontation with a well organized high-quality army.

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