The Rome of the Day
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378 A.D.
Rome
Shocker, Another War!!!!!!
By: Ryanis Kirschnis
Ok, so we are about to fight the
Adrianople War which will start around
378 A.D. I am on the Romans side and
we are fighting against the Goths. If we
didn’t fight this war, the Roman Empire
and the Role of Cavalry would probably
not be here today. The leader of the
Romans allowed the Goths to enter the
empire if they turned in their weapons.
We had them under our watch when they
decided to enter and they obeyed and
everything so far was working out pretty
good. It didn’t even seem like a war
because they listened to us.
When we were in the empire, we
discovered these people named the
Huns. Huns were true barbarians who
had no written language. This stinks
because if we ever saw something that
might have been the Huns, we would
have no idea what it meant and that
would have been a disadvantage for us.
We were able to make saddles and this
was to our advantage because it was
actually a more effective weapon and
helped us be more attractive against our
enemy.
Back flash, when we were letting
the Goths come into our Empire, we also
gave them food for their trust not to
rebel against us. To try to get even for
trust, we had to invite the kings and
nobles for a huge feast because well who
doesn’t like food, and we need all the
trust that we can get. If we would give
up the province of Thrace, we would
have peace but they still said no. The
Romans were going to sneak into the
Goths land, but my best friend who was
in the war with me shot an arrow. The
Goths of course shot back and we had to
run because we didn’t want to lose
anyone if we fought back. We ended up
fighting back late and sadly, 40,000
soldiers died and so did Valens. This
unfortunately, was the worst defeat of
the Romans in 600 years. This was the
beginning of the end for Rome!
Source: 50 Battles that Changed the
World, by William Weir
The Romans fighting to the death against the
Goths and Valens