Valens and some of his companions are burned alive by Goths while attempting to hide in a hut.

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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, Reaction: seeking refuge/asylum, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Roman Army of Valens Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: attack, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Salminius Hermias Sozomenus, Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 6.40.5Salminius Hermias Sozomenus Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία/Historia ecclesiastica 6.40.5 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 :	Περιλαβόντες δὲ κύκλῳ τὸ δωμάτιον, καὶ πλείστην ὕλην περὶ τοῦτο συλλέξαντες, πῦρ ἐνέβαλον: αὐτίκα δὲ ἡ φλὸξ ὑπὸ ἐπιφόρου πνεύματος ὧδε συμβὰν ἐλαυνομένη, τὴν ὕλην διῆλθεν. Ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὰ ἀποκείμενα ἐν τῷ δωματίῳ τοῦ πυρὸς μετέσχε, καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τοὺς ἀμφ̓ αὐτὸν συγκατέκαυσεν.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Sozomeni Ecclesiastica Historia Volumes 1-2, ed. Robert Hussey, E Typographeo Academico, Oxford 1860.
Remark :	titel: The attempt to hide was almost successful, but some of Valen's companions shot at Gothic stragglers, thus alerting them to the presence of the emperor. (6.40.3-4)
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