Why was the hiring of germanic mercenaries by western roman emperors a mistake? the germanics were poor soldiers who could not handle roman weapons. the germanics lacked loyalty to rome and sometimes fought against the empire. the regular roman army rose up against the mercenaries and killed many of them. the regular roman army joined with the mercenaries to attack the eastern roman empire.

How did the cleveland massacre impact standard oil in 1872? standard oil hired all the laborers who were nearly killed during the cleveland massacre. standard oil became a monopoly in the cleveland oil market after the cleveland massacre. standard oil was bought out by other companies in the city after the cleveland massacre. standard oil closed down to avoid additional violence in the wake of the cleveland massacre.