Battle of Beroe

The Battle of Beroe was a conflict near Stara Zagora, ancient Ulpia Augusta Traiana, between the Romans and Goths in 250 which resulted in a Gothic Victory.

This article is about the 250 battle between the Romans and the Goths. For the 1122 battle between the Pechenegs and the Byzantine Empire, see Battle of Beroia.

Battle of Beroe
Part of the Roman-Gothic Wars of 3rd century AD, the Roman-Germanic wars and the Crisis of the Third Century
Ruins of a Roman amphitheatre at Beroe (now Stara Zagora).
Date 250 CE Location Beroe Result Gothic victory
Belligerents
Goths	Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Cniva	Trajan Decius
Casualties and losses
	Heavy

After the Battle of Nicopolis ad Istrum where the Goths were defeated, Emperor Decius reached Beroe. His army was exhausted and he had to rest his men and horses, but Cniva and his Goths attacked him and the Roman army was heavily defeated.[1]

References

1. The Reign of Decius The Great Dragon and Precursor of Antichrist AD 249-25, Dr. Ilkka Syvanne, https://www.academia.edu/5313008/The_Reign_of_Decius