Gothic infantrymen - aided by their infamous heavy cavalry - literally stampeding over the corpses of fallen Roman Legionnaires. (VDOCUMENTS) On this day in 378, Roman Emperor Valens and 20,000 heavily-armed Legionnaires set off on an 8 mile (13km) march towards Adrianople, a large settlement in Western Turkey. Their target was an encampment of 20,000…

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