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The 17 pages that link to Foederati, each with the reason it gives.

• Fall of the Western Roman EmpireRelated: Western emperors increasingly depended on treaty-bound forces whose leaders could bargain for territory and power.

• Migration PeriodRelated: Roman authorities used allied groups to defend frontiers and settle military communities within the empire.

• Theodosius INarrower topic: The settlement with the Goths expanded the role of treaty-bound groups in Roman military life.

• Battle of AdrianopleRelated: Postwar Gothic settlements became a prominent example of this military arrangement.

• Western Roman EmpireRelated: Their service filled recruitment gaps but gave allied leaders growing influence within the West.

• Roman client kingdomRelated: Treaty-based military obligations also shaped Rome’s indirect relationships with dependent polities.

• Gothic peoplesRelated: Roman agreements with Gothic groups shaped their settlement and military obligations.

• VisigothsNarrower topic: Visigothic forces served Rome under changing treaty arrangements before establishing an independent kingdom.

• AttilaRelated: Attila’s forces included allied peoples whose loyalty helped sustain his campaigns.

• HunsRelated: Hunnic pressure influenced Roman reliance on allied forces, including groups displaced by Hunnic expansion.

• OdoacerRelated: Odoacer led troops drawn from groups serving within the late Roman military system.

• Alaric IRelated: Alaric’s followers sought the security and recognition associated with service under Roman agreements.

• Late Roman EmpireBroader topic: Their service became an increasingly prominent part of western imperial defense.

• GhassanidsNarrower topic: The Ghassanids defended Byzantine borders through the broader Roman system of treaty-bound allies.

• StilichoRelated: Stilicho relied on treaty-linked barbarian troops as well as regular Roman forces.

• AlansRelated: Roman authorities settled and recruited some Alans under arrangements of this kind.

• Flavius AetiusNarrower topic: Aetius’s coalition drew on non-Roman groups whose leaders retained their own interests.