HISTORY BYTES
HISTORY BYTES
Where the tides of history crash into the shores of current events.
Podcasts reviewing history, famous personalities, and their impact on today's world.
Host: Barry Jacobsen
Tag Archives: Fritigern
ADRIANOPLE: TWILIGHT OF THE LEGIONS
On a hot and dusty plain eight miles from the Roman city of Adrianople, on August 9, 378 A.D., the elite field army of the Eastern Roman Empire and a tribal army of refugee Visigoths fought one of the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaric the Goth, Auxilia Palantina, Battle of Adrianople, Comitatensis, Emperor Valens, Fritigern, Goths, Late Roman Army, palatini, Visigoths
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