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— A Brief History of the Roman Empire by Stephen Kershaw
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Fritigern led his people into battle (The Gothic War 376-382). After a battle in 376 Lupicinus' troops were completely defeated, which meant that the Roman territorial defense in the region vanished. As a consequence the Thervingi soon held sway over the neighboring richer province of Thracia. The crisis continued in 378, and on August 9 of that year, Fritigern avenged his kinsmen's defeat, of 109 years before the Battle of Naissus by handing Rome its worst military defeat in centuries, at the Battle of Adrianople (378). Fritigern's victory soon led to the Thervings to gaining control over much of the Balkan Peninsula. Although his army lacked in siege instruments needed to take the Roman capitol Constantinople, they did raid Greece, leaving only small areas of the country unravaged, including the city of Athens.
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