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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]. Events By Place Roman Empire The rebellion of Magnus Maximus is put down at the Battle of the Save, and Valentinian II The Sava ( Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene: Sava; Serbian: Сава, Sava) is a river in Sisak ( German: Sissek, Hungarian: Sziszek, Italian: Siscia) is a City in Croatia (Hrvatska ˈxȓvatska officially the Republic of Croatia ( Republika Hrvatska) is a southern Central European country at the crossroads between Magnus Maximus (ca 335&ndash August 28, 388) also known as Maximianus, was an Hispanic usurper of the Western Roman Empire Flavius Theodosius (January 11 347 – January 17 395 also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great ( Greek: Θεοδόσιος Α΄ Magnus Maximus (ca 335&ndash August 28, 388) also known as Maximianus, was an Hispanic usurper of the Western Roman Empire Events By Place Roman Empire The rebellion of Magnus Maximus is put down at the Battle of the Save, and Valentinian II Usurpers are individuals or groups of individuals who obtain and maintain the power or rights of another by force and without legal authority Magnus Maximus (ca 335&ndash August 28, 388) also known as Maximianus, was an Hispanic usurper of the Western Roman Empire Emperor Theodosius I defeated Magnus Maximus's army in battle. Flavius Theodosius (January 11 347 – January 17 395 also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great ( Greek: Θεοδόσιος Α΄ Later Maximus was captured and executed at Aquileia. Aquileia (also called Aquilegia, Friulian Acuilee/Aquilee, Slovene Oglej) is an ancient Roman city in what is

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

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

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