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Adrianople AD 378: The Goths crush Rome's legions

By Simon MacDowall , Howard Gerrard

Book information

Publisher
Osprey
Year
2001
ISBN
9781841761473, 1-84176-147-8
LCC
DG326.8 .M33 2002
Open Library ID
OL3725874M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
36 MB (37921845 bytes)
Series
Campaign 084
Pages
87\87
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

’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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