The
Battle of Abritus, also known as the
Battle of Forum Terebronii, occurred in the Roman province of
Moesia Inferior (modern
Razgrad,
Bulgaria) probably in July, 251, between the
Roman Empire and a federation of Scythian tribesmen under the
Goth king
Cniva. The Romans were soundly defeated, and
Roman emperors Decius and his son
Herennius Etruscus were both killed during battle. They became the first Roman emperors killed in a battle by a foreign enemy.