Comments on: The Battle of Hadrianople http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Peter Donnelly http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/comment-page-1/#comment-145229 Peter Donnelly Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:57:02 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/#comment-145229 Good article. The only thing I would take issue with is the notion that Valens was "ambushed" by the Greuthungi. This was a hot August day, and Ammianus himself describes how the battle raised a choking cloud of dust. The returning cavalry must have been raised a similar cloud that would have been visible long before they reached the battlefield. I've examined Ammianus's account in some detail at http://mysite.verizon.net/res1bup4/adrianople.htm . Good article. The only thing I would take issue with is the notion that Valens was “ambushed” by the Greuthungi. This was a hot August day, and Ammianus himself describes how the battle raised a choking cloud of dust. The returning cavalry must have been raised a similar cloud that would have been visible long before they reached the battlefield.

I’ve examined Ammianus’s account in some detail at http://mysite.verizon.net/res1bup4/adrianople.htm .

]]> By: Hadrianople and the Fall of the Roman Empire « Poppypundit http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/comment-page-1/#comment-20314 Hadrianople and the Fall of the Roman Empire « Poppypundit Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:00:49 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/#comment-20314 [...] University Press Blog has posted an article on the battle by historian Peter Heather. The article is excellent in its own right, but it whets [...] [...] University Press Blog has posted an article on the battle by historian Peter Heather. The article is excellent in its own right, but it whets [...]

]]> By: A Few Questions for Peter Heather : OUPblog http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/comment-page-1/#comment-16375 A Few Questions for Peter Heather : OUPblog Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:05:13 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/07/rome/#comment-16375 [...] of The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Roman and the Barbarians taught us about the Battle of Hadrianople. Today he has kindly answered a few questions for [...] [...] of The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Roman and the Barbarians taught us about the Battle of Hadrianople. Today he has kindly answered a few questions for [...]

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