Battle of Adrianople
378 · Event
Goths under Fritigern annihilate Eastern army; Emperor Valens killed; ushers in waves of barbarian settlement inside the empire.
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- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Assassination of Julius Caesar (44 BCE)
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