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Loading... Strasbourg AD 357: The victory that saved Gaul (Campaign) (edition 2019)by Raffaele D'Amato (Author), Florent Vincent (Illustrator)
Work InformationStrasbourg AD 357: The victory that saved Gaul (Campaign) by Raffaele D'Amato
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. While I can't put my finger on precisely why, this book didn't appeal to me. I thought the writing was a bit dense in spots, and somehow, the text never really jells and brings the reader into the flow of the narrative. There's not a great deal on the battle itself, compared to lavish discussions of equipment. Not hugely recommended. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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A highly illustrated account of the battle of Strasbourg in AD 357, a decisive victory for the Romans under their Caesar Julian against the Alemanni and their leader Chnodomar. Civil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350--53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German confederations along the Rhine--the Franks and Alemanni--took advantage of the situation to cross the river, destroy the Roman fortifications along it and occupy parts of Roman Gaul. In 355, the Emperor Constantius appointed his 23-year-old cousin Julian as hisCaesar in the provinces of Gaul with command of all troops in the region. Having recaptured the city of Cologne, Julian planned to trap the Alemanni in a pincer movement, but when the larger half of his army was forced into retreat, he was left facing a much larger German force outside the walls of the city of Strasbourg. This new study relates the events of this epic battle as the experience and training of the Roman forces prevailed in the face of overwhelming German numbers. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)936.43954History and Geography Ancient World Europe north and west of Italian Peninsula to ca. 499 Celtic Regions to 486RatingAverage:
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