Which outcome arose when Byzantine diplomats strategically employed the 'imperial reserve'?

💡 Explanation

Barbarian raids became unsustainable because of the 'divide and conquer' effect, leveraging the political fragmentation of their societies through incentivized alliances; therefore, external threats dissipated, rather than solidifying, due to resource exhaustion of some, as others were paid.

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