Chapter I

THE TRANSITION FROM ROMAN TO MEDIÆVAL FORMS IN WAR (A.D. 378-582).

Disappearance of the Legion.--Constantine’s reorganization.--
The German tribes.--Battle of Adrianople.--Theodosius
accepts its teaching.--Vegetius and the army at the end of
the fourth century.--The Goths and the Huns.--Army of the
Eastern Empire.--Cavalry all-important 3-14