Adrianople AD 378 : The Goths crush Rome's legions
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Campaign
ISBN-10
1841761478
ISBN-13
9781841761473
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Osprey Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 25th, 2001
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
332 grams
Dimensions
24.70 x 18.20 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
European historyAncient history: to c 500 CEHistory: specific events & topicsBattles & campaigns
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The battle of Adrianople spelled the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. This is the story of the crushing Roman defeat by Gothic calvary which proved to the Empire as well as to the Goths themselves, that the migratory barbarians were a force to be reckoned with.
Osprey''s examination of the Battle of Adrianople (378 AD), fought between Goth rebels, led by Fritigern, and the Roman army, led by Emperor Valens. ''Never, except in the battle of Cannae, had there been so destructive a slaughter recorded in our annals.'' Thus the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus recorded the battle of Adrianople, which spelled the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Such a crushing Roman defeat by Gothic cavalry proved to the Empire, as well as to the Goths themselves, that the migratory barbarians were a force to be reckoned with. This book tells the story of the misguided Roman plans and the surprise attack of Gothic cavalry, and puts forward the most recent theories as to the true location of the battlefield.
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