Siege of Adrianople (378)

For engagements on other dates, see Battle of Adrianople (disambiguation).

The siege of Adrianople took place in 378 following the Gothic victory at the Battle of Adrianople. Gothic forces were unable to breach the city walls and retreated. It was followed by an unsuccessful Gothic attempt to breach the walls of Constantinople.^[1]

Siege of Adrianople
Part of the Gothic War of 376–382 and Roman–Germanic Wars
Date 10 August 378 Location Adrianople, Eastern Roman Empire (modern-day Edirne, Turkey) Result Roman victory
Belligerents
Eastern Roman Empire	Goths
Commanders and leaders
Theodosius the Great	Fritigern