Battle of Adrianople (378 AD)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	Gothic: unknown, lighter Roman: heavy, including Emperor Valens killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Goths gptkb:Eastern_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Emperor_Valens gptkb:Fritigern
gptkbp:date	9 August 378
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Siege_of_Adrianople_(378)
gptkbp:historicalSource	gptkb:Ammianus_Marcellinus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Adrianople (378 AD)
gptkbp:location	near Adrianople, Roman Empire (modern Edirne, Turkey)
gptkbp:notableFor	one of the worst defeats in Roman history demonstrated effectiveness of Gothic cavalry
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Gothic_War_(376–382)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Marcianople
gptkbp:relatedTo	Roman-Gothic relations
gptkbp:result	Gothic victory
gptkbp:significance	decisive defeat for the Roman army death of Emperor Valens marked beginning of the decline of the Western Roman Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Völkerwanderung gptkb:Great_Migration_(European) gptkb:late_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6