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Pen and Sword, 2015-03-19. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.1000 9.2900 6.3800. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact. There is some slight dirtiness on the textblock/fore edge from handling. Has some minor dirtiness on the outside from handling.\r\n
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Eagles in the Dust: The Roman Defeat at Adrianopolis Ad 378 Hardcover - 2015
by Adrian Coombs-Hoar
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- Title Eagles in the Dust: The Roman Defeat at Adrianopolis Ad 378
- Author Adrian Coombs-Hoar
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 192
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley
- Date 2015
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781781590881 / 1781590885
- Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 2.03 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
- Library of Congress subjects History, Turkey
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015510482
- Dewey Decimal Code 939.8
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(Subject: Early Warfare) The Roman Defeat at Adrianopolis, AD 378. In AD376 Goths, seeking refuge from the Huns, sought admittance to the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor Valens took the decision to grant them entry, hoping to utilize them for his campaigns against Persia. The Goths had been providing warriors to Roman armies for decades, however mistreatment by Roman officials led them to take up arms against their hosts. The resultant battle near Adrianopolis in AD378, in which Valens lost his life, was one of the most significant defeats suffered by Rome. (Published: 2015) (Publisher: Pen & Sword) (ISBN: 9781781590881) (Pagination: 180pp, 6 maps & diagrams) (Condition: Very Good in plastic covered d/w) UL-XXXXXX
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Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2015. In AD376 large groups of Goths, seeking refuge from the Huns, sought admittance to the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor Valens took the strategic decision to grant them entry, hoping to utilize them as a source of manpower for his campaigns against Persia. The Goths had been providing good warriors to Roman armies for decades. However, mistreatment of the refugees by Roman officials led them to take up arms against their hosts. The resultant battle near Adrianopolis in AD378, in which Valens lost his life, is regarded as one of the most significant defeats ever suffered by Roman arms. The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus called it the worst massacre since Cannae, nearly six hundred years previously. Modern historians have accorded it great significance both at a tactical level, due to the success of Gothic cavalry over the vaunted Roman infantry, and in strategic terms, often citing it as the beginning of the end for the Empire. Adrian Coombs-Hoar untangles…
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