Why did this writer use the expression 'more positive legacy'?
Houses in flames, crops stolen, and hasty graves for the dead. This was the legacy of Attila’s Huns, sweeping across
northern Italy and causing massive destruction to the remains of the Roman Empire. But they unintentionally left another,
more positive legacy as well. Refugees from burning cities were desperate to find safe refuge. As things got worse, more
Roman citizens streamed to the wetlands to avoid the mass killings and destruction on the mainland.
Why did this writer use the expression 'more positive legacy'?
I think things like Houses in flames, crops stolen, and hasty graves for the dead. are negative not positive.