Battle of Poetovio
| date | 388 |
|---|---|
| place | Poetovio, today Ptuj |
| output | Victory of the emperor Theodosius I. |
| consequences | End of the counter-emperor Magnus Maximus |
| Parties to the conflict | |
|---|---|
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Theodosius I. |
Magnus Maximus |
| Commander | |
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Ricomer |
Andragathius
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In the battle of Poetovio in July 388 the troops of the Roman emperor Theodosius I defeated the opposing emperor Magnus Maximus .
In the spring of 383 Magnus Maximus rose against Gratian as emperor in Britain and, after his death, was recognized by the Eastern Emperor Theodosius I alongside Gratian's half-brother Valentinian II as the second Augustus of the West. In 387, however, Maximus moved across the Alps to Milan and forced Valentinian II into exile.
Theodosius I had been preparing for a campaign against Maximus for a long time and moved to Pannonia in the spring of 388 with a strong army led by Ricomer . After a first battle in the Sava lowlands near Siscia (today Sisak , Croatia ), a decisive battle took place near Poetovio (today Ptuj ), in which Maximus and his master Andragathius , although outnumbered, were defeated by Theodosius's troops. A little later Maximus was captured and executed at Aquileia .
With the victory, Theodosius had de facto the entire administration of the empire in his hands. Nevertheless, he reinstated the young Valentinian II in the west.
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literature
- Friedrich Lotter , Rajko Bratož, Helmut Castritius : Displacements of peoples in the Eastern Alps-Central Danube region between antiquity and the Middle Ages (375-600) . (= Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , supplementary volumes 39). De Gruyter, Berlin-New York 2003, ISBN 978-3110178555 , p. 84 f.