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Battle of Abrittus
251
June 251
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type of battle

war or event

1st Gothic War

at a glance

coordinates unknown

location

modern country

Emperor Decius recovered from disaster near Philippopolis to attack the Goth leader Kniva in Thrace a year later and pursue him to the lower Danube, where the Romans were lured onto marshy ground at Abrittus (modern Razgrad, Bulgaria). Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus were killed in a terrible defeat, but the Goths were eventually bought off by a cash tribute and withdrew.


   
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