Battle of Adrianople
battle · 378 AD
Battle of Adrianople, a battle recorded 378 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 9 August 378 AD
- War
- Gothic War (376–382)
- Side 1
- Goths — led by Fritigern
- Side 2
- Rome (Constantinus) — led by Valens
- Result
- Gothic victory; the emperor Valens killed
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 378 AD | — | medium confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)