Barbarians Victory at Adrianople

In A.D. 378 August 9th The Visigoths won the battle against an eastern Roman army. A Roman soldier named Ammianus Marcellinus who fought at Adrianople described what happened during the battle. The Roman soldiers marched for eight miles to fight the Visigoths. During the battle the Romans left wing attacked the Barbarians the wing was seperated from the rest of the Roman army and was defeated. The Romans infantry was not able to fight off the Visigoth Barbarians and they were defeated at Adrianople. Only one third of the Roman army was able to escape the Visigoths. Because of the victory at Adrianople the Visigoths realized that the Roman Empire was weakening. The visigoths saw that the Romans couldn't keep there lands safe from the Visigoths. Soon the Visigoths starting founding there kingdoms through out The Early Middle Ages.