Evento
The Goths sack several cities of southern Greece including Athens
267 · 37.77° N, 22.80° E
Lo que dicen los registros
- Cuándo
- 267
- Tipo
- Evento
- Coordenadas
- 37.77° N, 22.80° E
Situado en: middle of the 4 places it links.
Resumen
The Goths sack several cities of southern Greece including Athens, Corinth, Argos and Sparta. After the Sack of Athens, an Athenian militia force (2,000 men), under the historian Dexippus, pushes the invaders to the north where they are intercepted by the Roman army under emperor Gallienus. He wins an important victory near the Nestos River, on the boundary between Macedonia and Thrace.
Sack of Athens (267 AD)
267 sack of Athens by the Heruli, a Germanic tribe
The sack of Athens in 267 AD was carried out by the Heruli, a Germanic tribe that had invaded the Balkans at the time. Despite the recent fortification of Athens with a new city wall, the Heruli succeeded in capturing the city and laid much of it to waste, before they were driven out by the Athenians under the leadership of the historian Dexippus.
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