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1000 BC Latins come to Italy
from the Danube region.
11 Augustus abandons his plan to create a defensive border at the Elbe, in order to reinforce the Roman
defence along the Rhine
and the Danube.
60 The Rhoxolani are defeated on the Danube by the Romans
.
73 Vespasian
begins conquest of territory east of the upper Rhine
and south of the Main. In addition he reoganizes the defenses of the upper and lower Danube.
84 The construction of the Limes, a line of Roman fortifications from the Rhine
to the Danube begun
92 The Marcomanni
are defeated by the Romans at the Danube. However, they are not entirely subdued.
104 Apollodorus of Damascus builds a stone bridge over the Danube more than 1,000 meters long, 50 meters high and 20 meters wide.
150 The Roman army consists of 400,000 men. Of these, there are ten legions
(55,000 men) and 140 auxiliary units (80,000 men, of which half are cavalry) based in the Balkans
and along the Danube; 50,000 legionaires and auxiliaries in Britain
; 45,000 in Germany
; 20,000 men in Egypt
; and 10,000 in Africa
and Numidia
.
166 Conflict erupts on the Danube frontier between Rome and the Germanic tribe of the Marcomanni
.
172 The Sarmatians
attack the lower Danube frontier.
178 Commodus
and Marcus Aurelius
travel to the Danube to engage the Marcomanni
.
180 Rome creates a 4 mile wide buffer zone on the Danubian
side of the Danube.
214 Catallus defeats the Goths
at the lower Danube.
238 The Goths
, coming from Ukraine
, cross the Danube and devastate the Empire up to the border with Anatolia
.
245 Emperor Philip the Arab
entrusts future emperor Trajan Decius with an important command on the Danube
246 Philip the Arab
fights the Germans
along the Danube.
271 Goths
forced to withdraw across the Danube.
285 Diocletian defends the border along the Danube.
289 Diocletian
gains several victories along the Danube.
296 Maximian
pacifies the area around the Danube.
315 Constantine and Licinius
battle the Sarmates, the Goths
and the Carpians
along the Danube. They reestablish the defence of the frontier.
325 Constantine I
personally assures the security of the Danube border by defeating the Goths
, Vandals
and Sarmatians
.
332 The Romans under Constantine I, and future Emperor Constantine II
defeat the Goths
in the area of the lower Danube.
332 The Goths become Roman allies and protect the borders along the Danube.
334 The Goths
protect the Roman Empire against an invasion by the Vandals
in the region near the Danube.
370 The Ostrogoths are conquered by the Huns
. The Visigoths cross the Danube.
371 The fortified cities of the Danube, with Sirmium
at the forefront, contribute to stop an invasion of Quadi
.
376 Visigoths appear on the Danube and request entry into the Roman Empire in their flight from the Huns
.
382 Theodosius I
commands his general Saturninus to conclude a peace treaty with the Visigoths, allowing them to settle south of the Danube.
400 While taking refuge along the Danube, Gainas and his Goths
are attacked by the Huns
, killing him and his army. Gainas' head is sent as a gift to Constantinople
by the Hun chieftan Uldin
.
408 Under Uldin
, the Huns
attack the Eastern Empire, setting fire to various frontier forts and taking control of the Castra Martis. The Romans try to negotiate, but Uldin demands an exorbitant gold tribute in return for his withdrawal. This demand is rejected and the Romans begin to push the Huns back across the Danube.
412 The forts on the west bank of the Danube, which were destroyed by the Huns
, are rebuilt, and a new Danubian
fleet is launched.
1829 Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829
: Treaty of Adrianople gains for Russia some territory at the mouth of the Danube and along the eastern coast of the Black Sea
.
1853 Crimean War
: Ottoman army crosses the Danube into Vidin / Kalafat in Wallachia
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