Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Fritigern

Gothic King, AD 400 to AD 378

Fritigern is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 376 and AD 380: 5 battles and 1 siege across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (3), Bulgaria (2), Greece (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 825 km apart end to end, 165 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gothic War of 376–382 (6).

Siege of AdrianopleBattle of MarcianopleBattle of the WillowsBattle of ConstantinopleBattle of AdrianopleBattle of ThessalonicaBattle of MarcianopleBattle of the WillowsBattle of ConstantinopleBattle of AdrianopleBattle of ThessalonicaSofiaBurgasStara ZagoraEdirneTekirdağPlevenKhaskovoSeresTurnovoKyustendil200 km41.928N, 25.947E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 376: 1 engagementsAD 377: 1 engagementsAD 378: 3 engagements3 in AD 378AD 380: 1 engagementsAD 376AD 380
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Marcianople, AD 376Battle of the Willows, AD 377Battle of Constantinople, AD 378Battle of Adrianople, AD 378Siege of Adrianople, AD 378Battle of Thessalonica, AD 380AD 376AD 380
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 376Battle of MarcianopleMarcianopolis, BulgariaGothic victory
AD 377Battle of the WillowsMoesia, Bulgaria0 km NWInconclusive
AD 378Battle of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Turkey271 km SERoman victory
9 August AD 378Battle of AdrianopleEdirne, Turkey215 km NWGothic–Alan victory
10 August AD 378Siege of AdrianopleEdirne, Turkey15 km SRoman victory
AD 380Battle of ThessalonicaThessaloniki, Greece324 km WGothic victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.