Fritigern: “Why don’t you remember your place like the rest of them. And wait for Gratian”.
Kapanash on
Valens rushed into battle at Adrianople in 378 AD without waiting for reinforcements, was outmaneuvered by Gothic cavalry, and his army was destroyed, with Valens himself likely dying in the chaos.
Gerald_Fred on
>Valens
>model used is Licinius
Amazing use of Dovahhatty tho
Balsiefen on
Damn, Valens forgot he was in the 4th century, not the 1st.
Hrtzy on
I’m reminded of how the Romans used to fearmonger about these damn pants-wearing Gaulish foreigners Caesar had made into senators. When, in fact, those people had been Romanized for the better part of a decade at that point.
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Fritigern: “Why don’t you remember your place like the rest of them. And wait for Gratian”.
Valens rushed into battle at Adrianople in 378 AD without waiting for reinforcements, was outmaneuvered by Gothic cavalry, and his army was destroyed, with Valens himself likely dying in the chaos.
>Valens
>model used is Licinius
Amazing use of Dovahhatty tho
Damn, Valens forgot he was in the 4th century, not the 1st.
I’m reminded of how the Romans used to fearmonger about these damn pants-wearing Gaulish foreigners Caesar had made into senators. When, in fact, those people had been Romanized for the better part of a decade at that point.