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Adrianopole AD 378: The Goths Crush Rome's Legions (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
Adrianopole AD 378 The Goths Crush Rome's Legions - Praeger Illustrated Military History
Author: Simon MacDowall
"Scarcely one third of the entire army escaped. 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, 9 August AD 378, which spelled the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Such a crushing Roman defeat by Got...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780275988357
ISBN-10: 027598835X
Publication Date: 9/30/2005
Pages: 96
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Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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