Talk:Battle of the Willows

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Could this be considered to be part of the Gothic War (377–382)? --Saforrest 05:10, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes. It was the first major battle (of about 4). -- Stbalbach 05:46, 16 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Isn't it at least the second? By my count:
 * Marcianople
 * Mutiny at Adrianople (minor)
 * One Gothic Army bottled up in the Haemus
 * Ad Salices
 * Collapse of the cordon on the Haemus (with skirmish at Dibaltum)
 * Frigeridus's retreat (and ambush of Farnobius)
 * Adrianople
 * and so on ... Jacob Haller 21:03, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Where is it?
I take it the 'Roman records' refer to the Antonine Itinerary. But that puts the station Ad Salices somewhere between Histria and the Danube delta. So that would go against the claimed location near Marcianopolis/Devnya, which, iirc, was based on the course of events in Ammianus.74.96.61.80 (talk) 04:19, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Mjollnirs?
Why? How are they appropriate? 71.191.228.6 (talk) 23:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Frigeridus was NOT present and Farnobius was killed in a later battle
Ammianus book 31, chapters 7 and 9; Simon MacDowall 2001 'Adrianople AD 378', p. 55. 71.191.228.6 (talk) 23:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

"Exact date controversial, ..." Really?
The raw wiki text claims the date of 377CE is controversial.

Is it?

The Bohn(1862) translation of Ammianus's Roman History says 'A.D. 377.'

http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ammianus_31_book31.htm#C7

What is the controversy?

RMcPhillip (talk) 15:06, 20 December 2020 (UTC)