Adrianople
Britishnoun
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The Visigoths had come into increasing contact with the Romans after crossing the Danube River in the fourth century, ultimately defeating Rome at the Battle of Adrianople in 378.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The color came to Europe through Ottoman Turkey, which is how it became known as Turkey Red or Adrianople Red.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2019
The Powers should have fixed a straight line, because, a little later, the Turks successfully upheld their claim to territory within a curved line that took in Adrianople.
From Time Magazine Archive
The exactions of the Roman governors, however, soon led to a quarrel, which ended in the total defeat and death of Valens at Adrianople in the year 378.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
The Byzantine government retained little more than the capital, and the districts round Adrianople and Thessalonica.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
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