PPT-Adrianople

Author : faustina-dinatale | Published Date : 2017-03-28

August 9 378 Strategic Context Under pressure from the westward migration of the Huns and other Asiatic peoples in 372 the Visigoths and Ostrogoths begin migrating

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August 9 378 Strategic Context Under pressure from the westward migration of the Huns and other Asiatic peoples in 372 the Visigoths and Ostrogoths begin migrating further south and across the Danube River to settle within the Roman Empire in greater numbers In 376 Roman Emperor Valens formally allows these Gothic peoples to settle within the Empire on the condition they disarm Starving and facing the exploitation of Roman officials the Goths begin to hide their weapons A general Gothic revolt against their hosts begins after a failed assassination attempt on Gothic leaders by the Roman military commander in Thrace prompting Fritigern to unite the Visigoths and Ostrogoths Valens hastily makes peace with the Persians to secure the eastern border and marches against Fritigerns combined Gothic force Fritigern raids into Thrace before retreating towards Adrianople where the Goths establish their traditional defensive position of wagons on a hill to await the Roman attack.

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