{"product_id":"strasbourg-ad-357","title":"Strasbourg Ad 357","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA highly illustrated account of a decisive victory for the Romans under their Caesar Julian against the Alemanni and their leader Chnodomar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCivil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350–53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German confederations along the Rhine – the Franks and Alemanni – took advantage of the situation to cross the river, destroy the Roman fortifications along it and occupy parts of Roman Gaul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 355, the Emperor Constantius appointed his 23-year-old cousin Julian as his \u003ci\u003eCaesar\u003c\/i\u003e in the provinces of Gaul with command of all troops in the region. Having recaptured the city of Cologne, Julian planned to trap the Alemanni in a pincer movement, but when the larger half of his army was forced into retreat, he was left facing a much larger German force outside the walls of the city of Strasbourg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis up-to-date study relates the events of this epic battle as the experience and training of the Roman forces prevailed in the face of overwhelming German numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57340001747326,"sku":"NW9781472833983","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472833983.jpg?v=1780481068","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/strasbourg-ad-357","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}