Battle of Adrianople
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Barbarians, Nomads, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Europe, Turkey
- Date: August 9, 378
Article abstract: The Battle of Adrianople marked the first time that tribal invaders from outside Rome’s borders managed to inflict a full-fledged defeat on the Roman army and gained permission to enter the Roman Empire as refugees.
Summary of Event
The group that historians eventually termed the Visigoths (they called themselves the Tervingi) first came into contact with the Roman Empire because the Huns, a group of powerful Asian nomads, were pushing them westward. The Goths were less an ethnically homogeneous nation than an armed group consisting...
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