Battle of Abritus

The Battle of Abritus also known as the Battle of Forum Terebronii occurred near Abritus in the Roman province of Moesia Inferior in the summer of 251. It was fought between the Romans and a federation of Gothic and Scythian tribesmen under the Gothic king Cniva. The Roman army was soundly defeated, and Roman emperors Decius and Herennius Etruscus, his son, were both killed in battle. It was one of the worst defeats suffered by the Roman Empire against the Germanic tribes, rated by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus as on par with the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9, the Marcomannic invasion of Roman Italy in 170, and the Battle of Adrianople in 378.

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battle, Ancient Rome, Goths, 

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Location: 43.51, 26.54, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1876 Battle of Lomtsi

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Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger - Battle of Abyet in 251, the fugitive emperor Decius himself died in the swamps of the Danube

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	251	Battle of Abritus	Goths, battle, Ancient Rome	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1876	Battle of Lomtsi	battle	Wikidata
commons	image		Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger - Battle of Abyet in 251, the fugitive emperor Decius himself died in the swamps of the Danube		Commons