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Cniva (fl. mid-3rd
century AD) was a
Gothic king who
invaded the
Roman Empire. He
successfully captured the city of
Philippopolis (Plovdiv in Bulgaria)...
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under Cniva,
invaded the
Danubian provinces, he was sent with a vanguard,
followed by the main body of
Roman troops, led by Decius. They
ambushed Cniva at...
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battle against the Goths.
Cniva lays
siege to
Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
After a long resistance,
Cniva conquers the city and
slays its one...
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attacks by the
Goths led by king
Cniva.
Gallus secured the
throne after the
death of
Emperor Decius at the
hands of
Cniva in the
Battle of
Abrittus (251)...
- and a
federation of
Gothic and
Scythian tribesmen under the
Gothic king
Cniva. The
Roman army was
soundly defeated, and
Roman emperors Decius and Herennius...
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detailed below.
During the
Crisis of the
Third Century,
Goths under Cniva fought against the
Roman Empire between 248 and 253. The War was probably...
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invasions continued, the
Carpiani attacked Dacia,
while the
Gothic King
Cniva commanding various groups of
Goths and
other allied peoples,
defeated the...
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important role –
appear in the
historical record. The
Goths under King
Cniva were
surprised by the
emperor while besieging Nicopolis on the Danube; the...
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potent threat to the
northern frontier of Rome". In 250 CE a
Gothic king
Cniva led
Goths with Bastarnae, Carpi, Vandals, and
Taifali into the empire, laying...
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mentioned by the 6th-century
historian Jordanes. He was a
contemporary of King
Cniva. Jordanes'
account differs with
those of
Zosimus and
Joannes Zonaras, who...
