Events Tagged: "Goths"

Decius killed at Abritus - first emperor to die in battle against barbarians, son also killed

Claudius II Gothicus - defeats 320,000 Goths at Naissus, dies of plague after 2 years

Huns drive Goths across Danube - terrified Visigoths seek Roman protection, beginning end of Western Empire

Emperor Valens killed at Battle of Adrianople - Arian persecutor of Catholics dies fighting Goths, worst Roman defeat since Cannae

Eleusinian Mysteries ended - Alaric the Goth destroys sanctuary, 2000-year tradition ends, last hierophant laments gods have abandoned Greece

Belisarius takes Ravenna - reconquers Italy for Byzantine Empire, Gothic kingdom falls