Battle of Adrianople 378: Refugees Destroyed 2/3 of Rome's Army in One Afternoon

Описание: In 376 AD, the Roman Empire opened its borders to 100,000 Gothic refugees fleeing the terrifying Huns. A perfect deal: refugees get land, Rome gets soldiers.

But greed and betrayal turned desperate refugees into Rome's deadliest enemies. Roman officials sold food at 20x normal prices. Parents were forced to sell their children as slaves for dog meat.

On August 9, 378, at Adrianople, those same refugees destroyed 2/3 of the Roman army in a single afternoon. Emperor Valens was killed - his body never found. It was Rome's worst military disaster in 600 years, since Hannibal's victory at Cannae.

This is the story of broken promises, imperial arrogance, and how one catastrophic decision triggered the fall of the greatest empire the world had ever seen.

📚 SOURCES:
Ammianus Marcellinus - Res Gestae (primary source, eyewitness account)
Peter Heather - The Fall of the Roman Empire
Adrian Goldsworthy - The Fall of the West

0:00 - A Deal That Changed History Forever
1:05 - The Roman Empire and the Goths in the 4th Century
2:20 - The Nightmare Called the Huns Arrives
3:45 - An Entire Nation Fleeing Death
5:10 - Valens Opens the Border: Opportunity or Disaster?
6:30 - Lupicinus: The Man Who Traded Children for Dog Meat
8:15 - The Treacherous Feast at Marcianople
9:40 - Fritigern Declares War: Hatred Ignites
11:00 - Valens' Jealousy of His 19-Year-Old Nephew
12:30 - Morning of August 9th: The March to Doom
14:00 - Fritigern Stalls for Time, Waiting for Cavalry
15:20 - Thunder Strikes from Both Flanks
16:45 - The Circle of Death Closes In
18:10 - Emperor Valens Vanishes Among the Dead
19:30 - Consequences That Lasted Centuries
20:35 - The Price of Broken Promises

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