One battle at this site was won when pretense at bridge-building allowed a secret river crossing, and was followed by mop-up action at Chrysopolis.
One battle at this site was won when pretense at bridge-building allowed a secret river crossing, and was followed by mop-up action at Chrysopolis. Another battle here was prefaced by a botched attempt to take one side's commanders captive at a banquet, followed by the defeat of Lupicinus. That battle began when an unordered arrow volley began during an exchange of hostages, and the tide turned when the defenders' previously absent cavalry returned to the wagon wall under Saphrax and Alatheus. The first battle led to the downfall of the man who had earlier defeated Maximinus Daia, Licinius, while the other resulted in the Balkans falling into Gothic control under Fritigern. For 10 points, name this place that saw a victory for Constantine and the ultimate defeat of Valens as well as a fuckton of other battles and the treaty that ended the 1828-29 Russo-Turkish War, a site in northwestern Turkey.
One battle at this site was won when pretense at bridge-building allowed a secret river crossing, and was followed by mop-up action at Chrysopolis.
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