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Justwaspassingby t1_iyizvyn wrote

Reply to comment by Captain_Anon in How was the Vandalic Kingdom (a "Germanic" tribal confederation, nowhere near coastlines) able to establish itself as the predominant naval power in the Mediterranean in such a short amount of time? by Forcecoaster99

That's not speculation, it's basically what they did. The roman administration was still fully functioning there and they made use of it.

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Captain_Anon t1_iyj6ipl wrote

Fair. I know this is a common tactic for newer empires that take over older ones. Rather than constructing entirely new schemes of tax collection, economics, soldiering etc, most conquerors just change who is at the top while leaving the system more or less intact.

Almost everyone that conquered Persia, be they Greek, Arab, Parthian etc., all of them basically maintained the old social order.

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