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Strasbourg AD 357 - The Victory that Saved Gaul

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Ancients (Up to 500 A.D.)

MSRP old price: $24.00


Product Info

Title
Strasbourg AD 357 - The Victory that Saved Gaul
Publisher
Category
Author
Raffaele D'Amato, Andrea Frediani
Publish Year
2019
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147752729
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM336
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM336

Description

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 his Caesar 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.