text: Edward Gibbon relies on Hydatius’s chronicle to identify the location of this battle, which is troubling as the chronicle technically begins the year after it occurred.
full_question: Edward Gibbon relies on Hydatius’s chronicle to identify the location of this battle, which is troubling as the chronicle technically begins the year after it occurred. The cavalry of this battle’s winning side returned from foraging to rebuff an assault on their wagon circle led by Bacurius. Gratian infuriated his legionnaires by dressing up in a Scythian outfit after this battle. Ammianus Marcellinus's history of Rome concludes with the empire's loss of this battle to an army commanded by Fritigern. For 10 points, name this battle at which Valens was killed by the Goths in 378 AD.
first_sentence: Edward Gibbon relies on Hydatius’s chronicle to identify the location of this battle, which is troubling as the chronicle technically begins the year after it occurred.