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
When his brother, the emperor Baldwin I., was captured at the battle of Adrianople in April 1205, Henry was chosen regent of the empire, succeeding to the throne when the news of Baldwin’s death arrived.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The battle of Adrianople was the most fearful defeat suffered by a Roman army since Cannæ, a slaughter to which it is aptly compared by the contemporary historian Ammianus Marcellinus.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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