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History of the battle of Adrianopole AD 378, where the Romans were defeated by the Goths, spelling the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire, well documented in the book by Simon MacDowall. Published by Osprey Books, available from the military print company.

'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 Adrianopole, 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 the Gothic cavalry, and puts forward the most recent theories as to the true location of the battlefield.

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Adrianopole AD 378 by Simon MacDowall

'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 Adrianopole, 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 the Gothic cavalry, and puts forward the most recent theories as to the true location of the battlefield.

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