Table of Contents
Maps & Diagrams vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 The Goths: Their Origins, Tribal Structure, Home Life and Warlike Ability 1
Chapter 2 The Goths' Part in the 'Crisis of the Third Century': And Roman-Gothic Relations Up To the Reign of Valens 9
Chapter 3 Valens, Procopius, and the Goths 20
Chapter 4 Valens' Gothic Campaigns AD 367-369 26
Chapter 5 Crisis Beyond the Danube AD 369-376 30
Chapter 6 AD 367-376 - Friends and Enemies 36
Chapter 7 AD 376 - The Beginning of the End 52
Chapter 8 The Battle of the Willows: A Blueprint for Disaster? 58
Chapter 9 The Roman Offensives AD 377-378 62
Chapter 10 The Calm Before the Storm: The Last Fateful Days Before the Battle of Adrianople, the Decisions Made and Why 68
Chapter 11 9 August AD 378: 'The Day the Eagles Fell' 73
Chapter 12 Aftermath 108
Chapter 13 'What If…' 115
Chapter 14 The Location of the Battle of Adrianople 120
Chapter 15 The Roman Empire and its Army During the Reign of Valens 123
Chapter 16 Biographies 133
Chapter 17 The Sources 141
Abbreviations 164
Notes 165
Bibliography 174
Index 178
