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Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
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Gothic War (376–382)
Conflict between the Roman Empire and various Gothic tribes
The Gothic War of 376–382 was one of several Gothic Wars in Roman history in which the Goths fought against the Roman Empire. This particular conflict included the catastrophic Roman defeat at the Battle of Adrianople, which is commonly seen as a cause of the decline of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Adrianople
Battle between Eastern Roman Empire and Goths (378)
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 led by Fritigern. The battle took place on 9 August 378 in the vicinity of Adrianople, in the Roman province of Thracia. It…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Roman imperial state and civilization from 27 BC to 476/1453 AD
The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this during the Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of effective sole rule in 27 BC. The western empire collapsed in 476…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Valens
Roman emperor from 364 to 378
Valens was Roman emperor from 364 to 378. Following a largely unremarkable military career, he was named co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, who gave him the eastern half of the Roman Empire to rule. In 378, Valens was defeated and killed at the Battle of Adrianople…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Visigoths
Germanic people of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages
The Visigoths were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the command of Alaric I. Their exact origins are…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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