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Valens is burned alive by pursuing Goths while hiding in a cottage.

Related Conflict :Battle of Adrianople (378 AD)
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Gothic, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Flavius Valens Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: seeking refuge/asylum, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Orosius, Historiae adversum paganos 7.33.15 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Adrianople/Hadrianopolis (Edirne)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 4
    Year :A.D. 378
     
    Context :battle
    regicide
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Application :burning
     
    Original Text :ipse imperator cum sagitta saucius versusque in fugam aegre in cuiusdam villulae casam deportatus lateret ab insequentibus hostibus deprehensus, subiecto igne consumptus est et, quo magis testimonium punitionis eius et divinae indignationis terribili posteris esset exemplo, etiam communi caruit sepultura.
     
    Translation :-
     
    Edition :Pauli Orosii historiarum adversum paganos libri VII; ed. Karl Zangemeister, Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum 5, Vienna 1882.
     
    Remark :context: For the preceding injury and flight of Valens, refer to: "Valens is wounded by an arrow and flees at the battle of Adrianople."
     
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    Created at :2021-10-13 : 08:36:02
    Last changed :2021-10-18 : 08:27:57
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00010992
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