The problem is not that any single measure has collapsed, but that the entire framework has begun to reveal internal contradictions its designers underestimated.
—
Wesley Alexander Hill,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2026
Valerian both underestimated the enemy and overestimated Roman military strength.
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