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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2717840, member: 76194&quot;]<b><u>Continuation of OP Post</u></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>THE BATTLEFIELD AT ADRIANOPLE</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Here is a chart of the battle to understand why this tragedy befell the Romans</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]614961[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the smaller Roman calvary was repelled by the Barbarian gothic calvary, and then the Roman flanks were left exposed to calvary attacks. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus said that Valens, impatient due to Gratian&#039;s failure to show up, and receiving faulty intelligence that the enemy force was much smaller than it really was, decided to give battle.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and thus the disaster unfolded:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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