08-11-2012, 12:19 AM
Quote:Indeed. I don't see Chalons as a piece of that strategy. They needed each other, they all took part.Magister Militum Flavius Aetius post=318095 Wrote:I too have theorized that letting the Visigoths take the brunt of the Battle at chalons was a play by Aetius - let the Battle-Hardened and Veteran Roman army sit up on the Hill,But the Roman regulars initially advanced to seize the hill, instead of sitting quietly in reserve somewhere.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)