What the records say
- When
- 377
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 43.22° N, 27.58° E
- Description
- battle
Battle of the Willows
Battle between the Goths and the Roman Empire
The Battle of the Willows (377) took place at a place called ad Salices, or according to Ammianus, a road way-station called Ad Salices ; probably located within 15 kilometres of Marcianople, although its exact location is unknown.
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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 the Willows: The Romans abandon the guerrilla strategy and are attacked by the Goths”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fin de l'été : les généraux Profuturus et Trajan, accourus d'Orient, renforcés de Richomeres envoyé par Gratien”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Ad Salices: las tropas romanas luchan una batalla de resultado indeciso contra los godos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد بید ها: رومیها استراتژی چریکی را رها میکنند و مورد حمله گوتها قرار میگیرند”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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