Adrianople Ad 378: The Goths Crush Rome's Legions - Couverture souple

Livre 46 sur 379: Campaign

MacDowall, Simon

 
9781841761473: Adrianople Ad 378: The Goths Crush Rome's Legions
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ISBN 10 : 1841761478 ISBN 13 : 9781841761473
Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

’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, which spelled the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Such a crushing Roman defeat by Gothic cavalry proved to the Empire, as well as to the Goths themselves, that the migratory barbarians were a force to be reckoned with.

This book tells the story of the misguided Roman plans and the surprise attack of Gothic cavalry, and puts forward the most recent theories as to the true location of the battlefield.

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À propos des auteurs

Simon MacDowall is a former army officer with a deep interest in military history, especially the period around the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West. After 22 years in the Canadian army he held senior positions at NATO and the UK Government, including Director General Media and Communications at the UK Ministry of Defence. Simon takes a practical approach to military history combining his own military and political experience with a lifelong study of ancient warfare. After living in Canada, Germany and Belgium, and seeing service in Central America, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, Simon now makes his home on the Suffolk coast near Southwold.

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has been a freelance designer and illustrator for over 20 years. He has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy and has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

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Éditeur
Osprey Publishing
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1841761478
ISBN 13 
9781841761473
Reliure
Broché
Illustrateur
Gerrard Howard
Nombre de pages
96
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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