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The '''Battle of Adrianople''' was waged on August 9, 378 AD between the [[Roman Empire|Roman army]] and Germanic tribes. The [[Visigoths]] defeated the Romans and killed the emperor, [[Valens]]. Another one occurred in the [[Balkan Wars]] of the early twentieth century.
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The '''Battle of Adrianople''' may refer to any of the ten battles fought at Adrianople or Adrianopolis (modern Edirne, [[Turkey]]):
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (313)]] - Roman Civil War
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (324)]] - Constantine the Great defeats Licinius in a Roman civil war
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (378)]] - Gothic War  
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (718)]] - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (813)]] - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (972)]] - Part of the war of the Byzantine Empire against the Russians
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (1205)]] - Fourth Crusade
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (1254)]] - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars  
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (1365)]] - Capture by Ottoman Turks
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*[[Battle of Adrianople (1913]]) - First Balkan War
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