Battle of Adrianople

When

10 Aug 378

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

41.80° N, 26.60° E

Description

378 battle between Roman Empire and Goths

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 ended with an overwhelming victory for the Goths and the death of Emperor Valens.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Adrianople: Valens leads an elite Roman army to Thrace to confront revolts, but is defeated”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Adrianopel: Das römische Heer unter Kaiser Valens erleidet gegen die Westgoten unter Fritigern eine der schwersten Niederlagen seiner Geschichte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille d'Andrinople, au cours de laquelle l'empereur Valens est défait par les Wisigoths de Fritigern et tué”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва под Адрианополем”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “los visigodos derrotan al ejército romano en la batalla de Adrianópolis (actual Edirne, en Turquía), resultando muerto el emperador Valente”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد آدریانوپل: والنس یک ارتش نخبه رومی را برای مقابله با شورش‌ها به تراکیه هدایت می‌کند، اما شکست می‌خورد”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月9日，阿德里安堡戰役，反叛的哥特人擊敗東羅馬帝國。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “東ローマ帝国皇帝ウァレンス率いるローマ軍と西ゴート族との間にアドリアノープルの戦いが起きる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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