C l a s s i c a l

B a r o q u e

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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

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Weakening of the Roman Legions

The ranks of legions eventually swelled with Germanic Goths and other barbarians.

But most of the officers where power hungry and turned against the Romans.

Unable to recruit enough soliders from the roman citizenry, emperors like Diocletian and Constantine began hiring foreign mercenaries to prop for their army.