Battle of Adrianople

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Adrianople was a decisive 378 CE clash between the Eastern Roman Empire and Gothic forces that resulted in a catastrophic Roman defeat and the death of Emperor Valens, marking a turning point in the decline of Roman military dominance.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Adrianople (378)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Hadrianopolis (378) NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ Greuthungi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tervingi NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualtiesGothic	unknown ⓘ
casualtiesRoman	very heavy ⓘ
combatantTypeGothic	federated and refugee Gothic groups ⓘ
combatantTypeRoman	field army of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
commander	Fritigern NERFINISHED ⓘ Valens NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Gothic War (376–382) NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	9 August 378 ⓘ
era	Late Antiquity ⓘ
followedBy	continued Gothic War (376–382) ⓘ siege of Adrianople (378) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	reign of Valens ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ Romans NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedUnitType	Gothic cavalry ⓘ Roman legions ⓘ
killed	Valens NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Edirne, Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTermImpact	contributed to transformation of the Roman Empire ⓘ influenced later Roman reliance on barbarian federate troops ⓘ
notableDeath	Emperor Valens NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	catastrophic Roman defeat ⓘ
partOf	Gothic War (376–382) NERFINISHED ⓘ history of the Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
place	Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ near Adrianople ⓘ
politicalConsequence	increased Gothic leverage in negotiations ⓘ weakened Eastern Roman military power ⓘ
precededBy	Gothic crossing of the Danube (376) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Battle of Hadrianopolis (1205) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	decisive Gothic victory ⓘ
significance	exposed vulnerabilities of the late Roman army ⓘ marked decline of Roman heavy infantry dominance ⓘ turning point in Roman military history ⓘ
sourceType	late Roman historians such as Ammianus Marcellinus ⓘ
tacticalFeature	Gothic cavalry charge ⓘ Gothic wagon laager ⓘ Roman infantry engagement in heat ⓘ
year	378 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valens dynasty → notableEventDuringRule → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Valens → battle → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Fritigern → commandedInBattle → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Flavius Valens → causeOfDeath → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Flavius Valens → conflict → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Gothic War (376–382) → notableBattle → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Gothic War (376–382) → decisiveBattle → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Gothic coalition → participatedIn → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

Gothic coalition → relatedTo → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

House of Theodosius → significantEvent → Battle of Adrianople ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Adrianople (378)