Goths defeat and wound Valens in battle at Adrianopel.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Adrianople (378 AD)
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Gothic, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Flavius Valens Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: injury
Victim (Group) :	Roman Army of Valens Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Jordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum 26.138Jordanes De origine actibusque Getarum 26.138 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Adrianople/Hadrianopolis (Edirne)
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 4
Year :	A.D. 378
Context :	battle revolt
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	Quod conperiens in Antiochia Valens imperator mox armato exercitu in Thraciarum partes egreditur; ubi lacrimabile bello comisso vicentibus Gothis in quodam praedio iuxta Adrianopolim saucius ipse refugiens
Translation :	-
Edition :	Jordanes: De orgine actibusque Getarum. In: Iordanis Romana et Getica (MGH. Auct. ant. 5,1), pub. by Theodor Mommsen, Berlin 1882, p.53-138.
Remark :	long-term consequence: The emperor is killed afterwards while hiding, described in: "Goths inadvertently kill Valens by setting fire to a farm in which the emperor was hiding."
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Last changed :	2021-09-20 : 08:39:56
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