The Iberian Bacurius launched an unauthorized cavalry attack to begin this battle, but wasrebuffed by the return of the losing side's foraging cavalry.
The Iberian Bacurius launched an unauthorized cavalry attack to begin this battle, but wasrebuffed by the return of the losing side's foraging cavalry. This battle ends a work by AmmianusMarcellinus that records how the losing commander was resting in a building when enemy troopshappened by and fortuitously decided to burn it out of boredom. The losing commander wasincorrectly told that the enemy had only ten thousand men, and chose not to wait for thereinforcements of (*) Gratian before marching to the victors' wagon circle. In the wake of this battle,Thrace was ravaged for four years by the forces of Fritigern. Emperor Valens was killed fighting the Gothsat, for 10 points, what 378 battle regarded as the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?
The Iberian Bacurius launched an unauthorized cavalry attack to begin this battle, but wasrebuffed by the return of the losing side's foraging cavalry.
Battle of Adrianople [or Battle of Hadrianopolis]