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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Magnus Maximus, post: 2504893, member: 73473&quot;]I am familiar with Ammianus&#039;s writings.</p><p>I personally love his description of the court of Emperor Constantius II and its extravagance.</p><p>Yes, Maximus was the Dux of Moesia Secunda during the disaster on the Danube, and should rightly share some of the blame for the cluster $&amp;@) that would happen there. Some sources even state that he fought at Adrianople with Valens.</p><p>The whole thing was a disaster that could have been avoided if Valens had sent a large number of men to oversee the resettlement and if they had disarmed and broken the goths into manageable groups instead of leaving them as one big hoard. Throw in some corruption and greed and it&#039;s no wonder this powder keg exploded![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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