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Event war Europe

Battle of Adrianople

378 CE

Gothic cavalry destroyed a Roman army and killed Emperor Valens, marking a turning point in the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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Standing in 378 CE

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Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Saami Polity · Europe 1500 BCE – 700 CE European tribal peoples Polity · Europe 3000 BCE – 1930 CE Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Giant's Causeway Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing Danube Delta Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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