Agree Leo. Should maybe change it to something else instead, maybe inovative or something like that in the title.
However as you say they assimilated others ideas. But, which is a big but, they couldn't understand most of the ideas they assmilited. Also did they not care about scientific ideas, discoveries or mathematics. They just wanted military technology, as primary. Philosophy and such didn't they care so much about.
IN that why where "Barbarians" more "sophisticated" then the Romans. (Perhapss a better title?) For an example couldn't the romans reall understand why persian men where intrested in philosophy, romance, math, schack and such.
Roman was very effective when it came to warfare, but everything else where they lacking. They had ideas and technology that was last when they fell. But most techonoly have been lost due to the romans.
However as you say they assimilated others ideas. But, which is a big but, they couldn't understand most of the ideas they assmilited. Also did they not care about scientific ideas, discoveries or mathematics. They just wanted military technology, as primary. Philosophy and such didn't they care so much about.
IN that why where "Barbarians" more "sophisticated" then the Romans. (Perhapss a better title?) For an example couldn't the romans reall understand why persian men where intrested in philosophy, romance, math, schack and such.
Roman was very effective when it came to warfare, but everything else where they lacking. They had ideas and technology that was last when they fell. But most techonoly have been lost due to the romans.
