The day of the barbarians
Subtitle: the epic battle that began the fall of the Roman Empire
By: Alessandro Barbero ; translated from the Italian by John Cullen
Publisher: Atlantic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781843545941
Subjects: Adrianople, Battle of, Edirne, Turkey, 378; Military History; History
Work titles: 9 Agusto 378
Description: On August 9, ad 378, outside Adrianople in the Roman province of Thrace, the Roman Empire began to fall. Two years earlier, an unexpected flood of refugees from the tribe known as the Goths had arrived at the Empire's eastern border, seeking admittance. In the David-and-Goliath struggle that ensued, the barbarians eventually inflicted upon the Roman Army the most disastrous defeat they had suffered since Hannibal's victory over them almost 600 years earlier. Although the Empire did not actually fall for another century, this battle signalled nothing less than the end of the ancient world and the opening of the Middle Ages. Barbero vividly recreates the events leading up to the last epic battle of the ancient world, and a significant turning point in world history. The Day of the Barbarians is military history at its gripping best. -- Book cover.
Notes: Translation of: 9 agosto 378 : il giorno dei barbari.

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