Adrianople AD 378
Subtitle: The Goths crush Rome's legions (Campaign)
Contributors: Howard Gerrard (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: April 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841761473
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of specific subjects; History; Ancient - Rome; History - Military / War; Rome; History: World; Ancient Rome; Military - General; History / Military / General; Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne, Turkey, 378; Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne,; Empire, 284-476; Goths
First sentence: At dawn on 9 August AD 378, the East Roman Emperor Valens marched out of the city Adrianople (originally Hadrianapolis, now Edirne in European Turkey) at the head of an elite army of veteran Roman soldiers.