Fortunately — for the purposes of this study but not for those involved, for it was a bloody affair — the battle was fought all over again fifteen hu… - R. A. Lafferty

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Fortunately — for the purposes of this study but not for those involved, for it was a bloody affair — the battle was fought all over again fifteen hundred years later on the exact site; and in this modern connection there exists voluminous expert military analysis of the relation of topography to battle action. Many of the anomalies of the great struggle between the forces of Theodosius and Arbogast are explained by comparison with the Italian-Austrian engagement on exactly the same site on August 12, 1916 and the several days following.