So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE).
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So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE).
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10-03-2016, 12:39 AM
As a general rule ancient authors seem to like inflating figures by a factor of 10. Knocking a zero off the end of a number will often give you a realistic estimate for the size an army. Radagasius was not above mustering 40,000 potential combatants, or more maybe.
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So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE). - by Steven James - 10-02-2016, 10:15 AM
RE: So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE). - by Julian de Vries - 10-02-2016, 10:54 AM
RE: So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE). - by Nathan Ross - 10-02-2016, 02:23 PM
RE: So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE). - by Flavivs Aetivs - 10-03-2016, 12:39 AM
RE: So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE). - by Julian de Vries - 10-03-2016, 05:14 PM
RE: So-called 'Battle of Faesulae' (406 CE). - by Flavivs Aetivs - 10-03-2016, 05:19 PM
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