Battle of Thessalonica (380)

Battle of Thessalonica
	; Thessaloniki area in Antiquity
Date	summer or autumn 380 AD
Location	near Thessalonica, Macedonia
Result	Gothic victory
Belligerents
Eastern Roman Empire	Goths
Commanders and leaders
Theodosius I	Fritigern

The Battle of Thessalonica was fought in the summer or autumn of 380 by Fritigern's Goths and a Roman army led by Theodosius I. Reconstituted after Adrianople, the East Roman army suffered another major defeat. Theodosius retreated to Thessalonica and surrendered control of operations to the Western Emperor, Gratian.

References

Peter Heather, 1996. The Goths, Blackwell Publishers. ISBN 0-631-16536-3.

40°38′25″N 22°56′38″E / 40.6403°N 22.9439°E / 40.6403; 22.9439

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