THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BACAUDIC REVOLTS IN LATE ROMAN PERIOD

Abstract

In this article I intend to show that the bagaudian revolts that occurred in the 3rd and 5th centuries had little military and political importance. To do this, I will confront a large part of modern historiography, which considers these revolts as a determining part of the fall of the Western part of the Roman Empire. The study of the response by the imperial government and the careful analysis of the sources will allow me to support my hypothesis.