Battle of the Save

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Battle of the Save
Date 388 Location Sava river, near Siscia, modern Croatia Result Eastern Roman victory
Belligerents
Eastern Roman Empire	forces of Magnus Maximus
Commanders
Theodosius I	Magnus Maximus

The Battle of the Save was fought in 388 between the forces of Roman usurper Magnus Maximus and the Eastern Roman Empire ^[1]. Emperor Theodosius I defeated Magnus Maximus's army in battle. Later Maximus was captured and executed at Aquileia.

[edit] References

• Schmid, Walter; Emona, Vienna 1913 (COBISS)
• The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
• For more sources see talk page

1. ^ http://www.roman-emperors.org/madmax.htm An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors