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Roman Empire

Battle of Adrianople

Thursday Jul 3, 324
Adrianople (Present-Day Edirne, Turkey)

Then in 324, Constantine, tempted by the "advanced age and unpopular vices" of his colleague, again declared war against him and having defeated his army of 165,000 men at the Battle of Adrianople (3 July 324), succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of Byzantium.


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