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World History Encyclopedia<p>The “Barracks Emperors” is a term coined by later historians referring to the Roman emperors who were chosen and supported by the army during the period known as the Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the Imperial Crisis, 235-284 CE). <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Barracks_Emperors/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Barracks_Empe</span><span class="invisible">rors/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Aurelian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aurelian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BarracksEmperors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BarracksEmperors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BattleofAbritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BattleofAbritus</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>Cniva (also given as Kniva, c. 250 CE to possibly 270 CE) was the king of the Goths who defeated Emperor Decius (249-251 CE) at the Battle of Abritus in 251 CE. Little is known of him other than his campaign in 251 CE, in which he successfully took Philipopolis, killing over 100,000 Roman citizens and enslaving survivors, lay siege to the city of Nicopolis, and defeated the Romans under Decius,...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Cniva/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Cniva/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Aurelian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aurelian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BarracksEmperors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BarracksEmperors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BattleofAbritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BattleofAbritus</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Battle of Abritus was an engagement fought between the armies of Rome under the emperor Decius (249-251 CE) and a coalition of Goths under the leadership of Cniva (c. 250 - c. 270 CE) in 251 CE resulting in a victory for Cniva and the death of Decius and his son in a total defeat of the Roman army. The Romans had no choice afterwards but to allow Cniva to march out of Roman territory with a...<a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Abritus/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Abr</span><span class="invisible">itus/</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BattleofAbritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BattleofAbritus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cniva" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cniva</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CrisisoftheThirdCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CrisisoftheThirdCentury</span></a></p>
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