The Allemanic tribes lived for a long period of time along the border of the Roman Empire. Ammianus Marcellinus describes them as follows:
„[...] the people called Huns, slightly mentioned in the ancient records, [...] At the very moment of their birth the cheeks of their infant children are deeply marked by an iron, [...] they grow up without beards, and consequently without any beauty, [...] they are of great size, and low legged, so that you might fancy them two-legged beasts, [...]they neit-her require fire nor well-flavoured food, [...]or on the half-raw flesh of any animal, which they merely warm rapidly by placing it between their own thighs and the backs of their horses.“ (Marcellinus, 2004, 31.2).
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As Goths were most-ly farmers, there was an immense need for land to provide sufficient food supply. Therefore they crossed the border into the Empire: “The Goths, who in former times inhabited the region beyond the Ister and were masters of other barbarians, were driven from their lands by the peo-ple called the Huns and crossed over into Roman territory.” (Watts, Lecture 11, Slide 20). The emperor Valens allowed the Goths to settle down in specific places. Unfortunatelly, an extreme number of Goths crossed the border at once and settled down, wherever they wanted. This lead to the serious issue of food provision, which caused a famine. The lack of food resources and security, finally, lead to a Gothic rebellion against the Romans. The Battle of Adrianopel, took place in the year 378 and was the attempt of the emperor Valens to bring the Goth’s rebellion to an end and increase his fame, by beating the Goths without Gratian, at once: „When dawn came on August 9, the army was put in rapid motion…After a march of eight miles over rough country under a burning mid-day sun, our troops came within sight of the enemy wagons, which, as our scouts had reported, were drawn up in a full circle.” (Watts Lecture 11, Slide 22). Valens reached the camp of the Goths and advanced in a standard formation. The Goths’ caval-ry was hidden behind the troops and attacked from the flanks, which made it possible for the Goths to form a circle around the Roman infantry and cause great damage on the Roman side: “In this scene of total confusion, the infantry, worn out by toil and danger, had no strength nor sense left to form a plan…The ground was so drenched in blood that they slipped and fell.” (Watts, Lecture 11, Slide 27). The Battle of Adrianopel ended with the death of Valens and marks according to Cavazzi „[...] the
„[...] the people called Huns, slightly mentioned in the ancient records, [...] At the very moment of their birth the cheeks of their infant children are deeply marked by an iron, [...] they grow up without beards, and consequently without any beauty, [...] they are of great size, and low legged, so that you might fancy them two-legged beasts, [...]they neit-her require fire nor well-flavoured food, [...]or on the half-raw flesh of any animal, which they merely warm rapidly by placing it between their own thighs and the backs of their horses.“ (Marcellinus, 2004, 31.2).
To sum up this statement, one could …show more content…
As Goths were most-ly farmers, there was an immense need for land to provide sufficient food supply. Therefore they crossed the border into the Empire: “The Goths, who in former times inhabited the region beyond the Ister and were masters of other barbarians, were driven from their lands by the peo-ple called the Huns and crossed over into Roman territory.” (Watts, Lecture 11, Slide 20). The emperor Valens allowed the Goths to settle down in specific places. Unfortunatelly, an extreme number of Goths crossed the border at once and settled down, wherever they wanted. This lead to the serious issue of food provision, which caused a famine. The lack of food resources and security, finally, lead to a Gothic rebellion against the Romans. The Battle of Adrianopel, took place in the year 378 and was the attempt of the emperor Valens to bring the Goth’s rebellion to an end and increase his fame, by beating the Goths without Gratian, at once: „When dawn came on August 9, the army was put in rapid motion…After a march of eight miles over rough country under a burning mid-day sun, our troops came within sight of the enemy wagons, which, as our scouts had reported, were drawn up in a full circle.” (Watts Lecture 11, Slide 22). Valens reached the camp of the Goths and advanced in a standard formation. The Goths’ caval-ry was hidden behind the troops and attacked from the flanks, which made it possible for the Goths to form a circle around the Roman infantry and cause great damage on the Roman side: “In this scene of total confusion, the infantry, worn out by toil and danger, had no strength nor sense left to form a plan…The ground was so drenched in blood that they slipped and fell.” (Watts, Lecture 11, Slide 27). The Battle of Adrianopel ended with the death of Valens and marks according to Cavazzi „[...] the