Battle of Abritus, 251 AD – Roman Empire faces a Gothic-Scythian army – Crisis of the Third Century

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Battle of Abritus, 251 AD – Roman Empire faces a Gothic-Scythian army – Crisis of the Third Century


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  1. Known for their sad countenances, black clothing, metal piercings, and white makeup the goths were one of the more terrifying armies to face!

  2. Excellent video as always!

    The infiltration stratagem used in the siege of Philipopolis has remarkable similarities to the one used in the siege of Alamut seen in the Prince of Persia film.
    I wonder if the former was the inspiration for the latter??

  3. How many times did the Romans fall for ambushes?
    You'd have thought they would have learnt by this point.
    Dreadful reconaissance & intel from Decius.
    Terrible place to choose for a heavy infantry army to fight!
    He could have hemmed them in to that swamp area and forced them to come to him on open terrain.
    He could have stopped the army after the first enemy line fled.
    A marginally capable Roman leader could have achieved far more.

  4. Isn't the identity of the Sassanid leader at the battle of Resaena unknown ?
    Shapur was fighting several different people from several different regions, each with different conditions
    He was dealing with rebels from great Tabaristan, Khorasan, Khwarazm and Sakastan ever since 1 year before the battle
    All of them are way too far from Mesopotamia
    Even if he'd defeated them all in 1 year, there's no way he could have reached Mesopotamia to fight Romans at the time the battle took place

  5. Decius waited too long. His hubris and religion got in the way. Julius Caesar would have attacked immediately after having understood the lay of the land. In Italy and in the Balkans, there are no swamps. Romans, like Americans today, thought from their own perspective and knowledge, oblivious of the possibility of completely different perspectives and circumstances than in Italy.