07-04-2017, 06:58 AM
Sorry to drag up an old thread but I have been reading a few articles about Vegetius lately and I read a paper from Academia but the author's name escapes me at the moment as I am using my phone but he made mention that Vegetius must have written his Epitome Rei Militaris at least a while after 394 and could be referring to the Battle of Frigidus when he mentions in Book III Chapter 14. How the line should be drawn up to render it invincible in battle that "the provident general should take care of the future lest a little while later as the day wears on, the changed position of the sun may be harmful or headwinds that habitually arise at a regular time, during the fighting” and how these “headwinds deflect and depress your missiles, while aiding the enemy’s."
Just a quick look at Wiki about the battle mentions on the second day how and I am doing a rough quote from Wiki here This time nature was on their side as a fierce tempest—apparently the "bora", a regular occurrence in the region—blew along the valley from the east. The high winds blew clouds of dust into the faces of the Western troops (legend also says that the fierce winds even blew the Western troops' own arrows back at them). Buffeted by the winds, Arbogast's lines broke and Theodosius gained a decisive victory.
Just a quick look at Wiki about the battle mentions on the second day how and I am doing a rough quote from Wiki here This time nature was on their side as a fierce tempest—apparently the "bora", a regular occurrence in the region—blew along the valley from the east. The high winds blew clouds of dust into the faces of the Western troops (legend also says that the fierce winds even blew the Western troops' own arrows back at them). Buffeted by the winds, Arbogast's lines broke and Theodosius gained a decisive victory.
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Michael Kerr
Michael Kerr
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
"You can conquer an empire from the back of a horse but you can't rule it from one"
