Goths inadvertently kill Valens by setting fire to a farm in which the emperor was hiding.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Adrianople (378 AD)
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Gothic, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Flavius Valens Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
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 regicide
Motivation :	none/accident
Application :	burning
Weapon :	other/commentary
Long-Term Consequence :	conquest
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 ignorantisbusque, quod imperator in tam vili casula delitisceret, Gothis, ignemque, ut adsolet saeviente inimico, supposito, cum regali pompa crematus est,
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: For the previous battle in which the emperor was wounded, please refer to: "Goths defeat and wound Valens in battle at Adrianopel."
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