Battle of Thermopylae (267)

Battle of Thermopylae
Part of the Roman-Germanic wars
Date 267 CE Location Balkans Result Gothic victory
Belligerents
Roman Empire	Heruli
Commanders and leaders
unknown	unknown
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Thermopylae in 267 was the unsuccessful defense of the pass by local forces during the great invasion of the Balkans by the Heruli.

The Heruls are first mentioned by Roman writers in the reign of Gallienus (260-268), when they accompanied the Goths ravaging the coasts of the Black Sea and the Aegean. The mixed warbands managed to sack Byzantium in 267, but their eastern contingent was virtually annihilated in the Balkans at the Battle of Naissus (Serbia) two years later, the battle that earned Marcus Aurelius Claudius his surname "Gothicus."

Further reading

• Martin, Gunther; Grusková, Jana (2014) "'Dexippus Vindobonensis' (?) Ein neues Handschriftenfragment zum sog. Herulereinfall der Jahre 267/268" (German)
• "The Vienna Dexippus (?) (second revised version)", uploaded by Jones, Christopher

Coordinates: 38°48′19″N 22°33′46″E / 38.80528°N 22.56278°E