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  • THE VANDALS
    SIMON MACDOWALL
    An up-close look at the Germanic people who sacked Rome in the fifth century AD.   On 31 December AD 406, a group of German tribes crossed the Rhine, pierced the Roman defensive lines, and began a rampage across Roman Gaul, sacking cities such as Metz, Arras, and Strasbourg. Foremost amongst them were the Vandals, and their search for a new homeland took them on the most remark...

    $314.00

  • THE FRANKS
    SIMON MACDOWALL
    How a relatively small group of Germans came to be overlords of all of the former Roman province of Gaul—giving their name to France in the process.   Simon MacDowall studies the Frankish way of warfare and assesses its effectiveness, from their earliest incursions into the Empire, down to the Battle of Casilinum (554), their last battle against Romans, The size and composition...

    $229.00

  • THE GOTHS
    SIMON MACDOWALL
    The fascinating history of "a race that simply would not accept defeat" ( Books Monthly).   In the late fourth century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome's greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship wi...

    $229.00

  • THE FRANKS
    SIMON MACDOWALL
    How a relatively small group of Germans came to be overlords of all of the former Roman province of Gaul—giving their name to France in the process.   Simon MacDowall studies the Frankish way of warfare and assesses its effectiveness, from their earliest incursions into the Empire, down to the Battle of Casilinum (554), their last battle against Romans, The size and composition...

    $229.00

  • THE GOTHS
    SIMON MACDOWALL
    The fascinating history of “a race that simply would not accept defeat” (Books Monthly).   In the late fourth century, pressure from the Huns forced the Goths to cross the Danube into the Roman Empire. The resultant Battle of Adrianople in 378 was one of Rome’s greatest defeats. Both western (Visigoth) and eastern (Ostrogoth) branches of the Goths had a complex relationship wit...

    $229.00