Why didn't Alaric retake Britain?
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Why didn't Alaric retake Britain?
>>928959
He had better things to do.
>>928959
Because he died after ravaging Italy a few times in order to extort rank and privileges from Honorius. Britain was a relatively poor part of the empire, Alaric wanted the province of Africa.
>>928959
>Lets retake this mostly useless, cold wet and rainy, and hard to defend Island.
>>928959
A better question is why did shitty Anglos, Saxaons, and Jutes go for Britain after?
He didn't retook anything, He mostly sacked and plundered around Greece and Italy because he was too butthurt to accept that Rome won't appoint him as magister militum
>>929563
A shitty island for shitty people
>>929563
It was better than Germany.
England is wet and cold but its not freezing and its very fertile. It isn't called the Green and Pleasant land for nothing.
>>929563
Celtic pussy
>>929563
Because they were hired by the locals to defend them against the Picti, Gaels and a possible Roman counter-offensive from the continent after they kicked out the Roman magistrates. They got pissed when the Britons stopped paying. Plus, the North Sea shore of Germany was basically sinking into the sea at this point so tens of thousands fled to Britain even before 410.
>>929588
Am Celtic, can confirm we have superior pussy.
