04-23-2014, 07:00 PM
Was it events beyond his control or just that the scouts reported the numbers of the. Goths as being much lower than they actually were and it seemed to Valens that he was very likely to win. Of course there was a rivalry between emperors as to who best exemplified Roman and imperial virtues. As the Goths had proven to to be highly fissiparous in the Balkans with groups breaking up and joining together their numbers could be expected to fluctuate. If Valens thought he had at least parity then he would attack expecting to win.
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