The siege of Adrianople took place in 378 following the Gothic victory at the
Battle of Adrianople
The Battle of Adrianople also known as Battle of Hadrianopolis was fought between the Eastern Roman army led by the Roman emperor Valens and Gothic rebels (largely Thervings as well as Greutungs, non-Gothic Alans, and various local rebels) ...
. Gothic forces were unable to breach the city walls and retreated. It was followed by
an unsuccessful Gothic attempt to breach the walls of Constantinople.
[Alessandro Barbero, '' The Day of the Barbarians'', Walker & Co, 2008 p 120-125]
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Adrianople
Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...
Adrianople 378
Adrianople
Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...
370s in the Byzantine Empire
378
Adrianople 378
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