The
Battle of Adrianople (9 August 378), sometimes known as the
Battle of Hadrianopolis, was fought between an
Eastern Roman army led by the
Eastern Roman Emperor Valens and
Gothic rebels (largely
Thervings as well as
Greutungs, non-Gothic
Alans, and various local rebels) led by
Fritigern. The battle took place about north of
Adrianople (modern
Edirne in European Turkey, near the border with Greece and Bulgaria) in the Roman province of
Thracia. It ended with an overwhelming victory for the
Goths and the death of Emperor Valens.