04-11-2018, 09:14 PM
(04-11-2018, 08:50 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: There were no Huns at Adrianople, regardless of what Ammianus says
I'm sorry; I wasn't there, so I cannot be adamant as to whether Ammianus is right or wrong. However, I do believe that he had reliable informants, the magister equitum Victor for one, and am therefore inclined to believe him.
(04-11-2018, 08:50 PM)Flavivs Aetivs Wrote: Huns were not serving in the Roman army in any significant numbers until Uldin appears in the first decade of the 5th century AD.
Huns need not have been serving in the army for the Romans to be aware of their methods of handling horses. I any event, the first decade of the 5th century is still well before Valentinian III.
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
