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Classical era · 378 CE

Battle of Adrianople

The Battle of Adrianople, also known as Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between the Eastern Roman army led by the Roman emperor Valens and Gothic rebels (largely Thervings as well as Greutungs, non-Gothic Alans, and various local rebels), led by Fritigern. The battle took place on 9 August 378 in the vicinity of Adrianople, in the Roman province of Thracia (modern Edirne in European Turkey).

Battle of Adrianople
Battle of Adrianople · User:Rowanwindwhistler, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
When
378 CE
Where
Edirne
Era
Classical

Topics

Ancient Romec. 753 BCE – 476 CETurkey1,258 BCE – today

Before and after

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