Battle of Naissus happened in 268.
RK Naissus was created in 2010.
Naissus is in present day Serbia, and today it's called Nis (Niš; Ниш)
Flavius Valerius Constantinus at Naissus (in modern Yugoslavia), Constantine was the son of Constantius Chlorus and his concubine Helena.
Emperor Constantine was born in the city of Naissus, located in the region of Moesia, which is in present-day Niš, Serbia. His birth took place around the year 272 AD. Naissus was an important city in the Roman Empire, and Constantine later became known for his significant role in the establishment of Christianity and the founding of Constantinople.
Claudius II had a good reputation. He defeated a huge Goth army in the Battle of Naissus (268 or 269 AD). This ended invasions of the eastern part of the Roman Empire by the Goths and Heruli which had been taking place on and off for thirty years. For this he was given the title of Gothicus (winner against the Goths). Later, Constantine the great, who was born at Naissus, claimed descent from Claudius Ii to bolster his bid for power. According to the medieval Golden Legend of 1260, St Valentine refused to deny Christ before the "Emperor Claudius" during a persecution of the Christians and was beheaded. As the first emperor named Claudius did not persecute the Christians, it was believed that the legend referred to Claudius II. Since then February 14 had been the day dedicated to this Roman priest and physician since then.
Niš or Nish (both: nēsh), city (1991 pop. 175,391), SE Serbia, on the Nišava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that textiles, cigarettes, electronics, and spirits. The Roman Naissus, it was the site of a victory (A.D. 269) of Claudius II over the Ostrogoths and was the birthplace of Constantine I (Constantine the Great). In 441 it was destroyed by the Huns but was rebuilt (6th cent.) by Emperor Justinian I. In the Middle Ages the city passed back and forth between the Bulgarian and Serbian empires. The Turks captured it c.1386, were defeated there in 1443 by John Hunyadi, and recaptured it again in 1456. It became (until 1878) their most important military stronghold in the Balkans. It passed to Serbia in 1878. The city retains a medieval fortress that dominates the S Morava valley. The Tower of Skulls (Serbian Cele Kula) was built to commemorate the Serbs massacred by the Turks in the uprising of 1809.
The Romans won hundreds of battles in their 1,200 years of history. Important battles the Romans won included the Battle of Ilipa in 206 in southern Spain where the Romans defeated the Carthaginians and took over the Carthaginian Spanish territories , the Battle of Zama in 202BC where they defeated Hannibal, the battle of Pydna in 168 where they defeated the king of Macedon, the Battle of Vercellae in 101 BC where they defeated the Cimbri, a Germanic people who was invading the empire the Battle of Alesia in 52 BC during the conquest of Gaul, the storming of Jerusalem in 70 AD, Trajan's battle of Sarmisegusta in 106 AD against the Dacians , the Battle of Naissus in 268 or 269 BC where Claudius II defeated the Goths, the Battle of Fano in 271 AD where Aurelian defeated the Alemanni, the Battle of Satala in 298 where Galerius defeated the Persians, and the Battle of Pollentia in 402 where Stilicho defeated Alaric I king of the Visigoths. This is far from being a comprehensive list.
Rome met other cultures on the battlefield through war. There is not a victory which is singled out as the greatest Roman victory. The Romans fought and won hundreds of battles over the centuries of their history. Amon the most important victories were: the Battle of Sentinum (295 BC), where Rome defeated and alliance against her made up of Samnites, Gauls, Umbrians and Etruscans; The Battle of the Aegates Islands (241 BC), which won them the First Punic War; the Battle of Ilipa (206 BC) and the Battle of Zama (202 BC) with which they won the Second Punic War; The Battle of Tigranocerta (69 BC) against the king of Armenia; The Siege of Alesia (52 BC) with which Caesar subdued the Gauls; the Siege of Jerusalem (70 AD) and the Siege of Masada (73-7 AD) in the First Roman-Jewish War; the Battle of Naissus (268 or 269 AD) against the Goths, and the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (451AD) agaisnt Attila of the Huns.
In 133 BC the Roman Empire was still in the early part of its expansion. It only comprised Italy, Dalmatia, part of Spain, Tunisia, western Libya, Greece and part of western Turkey. Most of Rome's imperial expansion occurred after 133 BC. Therefore, there were a great many cities which later became part of the Roman Empire which were not part of it at that time. These included the three biggest cities after Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, (Roman) Carthage, Constantinople (later Empire) and other important cities in Gaul, Lugdunum (Lyons), Burdigala (Bordeaux), and Bononia/Portus Itius and (Boulogne); Spain, Tarraco (Taragona), Cartago (Cartagena) and Ilerda (Ilerda); Britain Londinium (London) Camulodunum (Colchester),Verulamium (St Albans) and Eburacum (York); Germany, Augusta Treivorum (Treir), Colonia Agrippinensium (Cologne) and Augusta Vindelilicorum (Augsburg); Austria, Vindobona (Vienna); Croatia, Spalatum (Split); Serbia, Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica) and Naissus (Niš); Romania, Colonia Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegethusa (ruins); Bulgaria, Serdica (Sophia); Albania Dyrrachium (Durres); Algeria, Hippo Regius (Annaba); Tunisia, Taparura (Sfax); Libya, Leptis Magna (ruins) and Cyrene (Shahhat), etc
It is not clear whether Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) a full Roman or a half Roman and half Bithynian. He was born in Naissus (present day Nis, southern Serbia) in the Roman province of Dardania which was in the Roman Diocese of Moesia (the Balkan Peninsula west of the river Danube and north Greece). His father Constantius Chlorus (Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius) was a Roman native of Dardania. Very little is known about the early life of his mother Helena (or St Helena). It was said that she was a Bithynian woman of low social standing. Bithynia was an area in north-western Turkey which was part of the Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus. The sources do not clarify whether she was a Roman of a Bithynian. It probably did not matter because by then Bithynia was thoroughly Latinised. Her name was Flavia Iulia Helena. It is not clear whether Flavia was derived from her having married into the Flavia clan. It is not even clear whether she was married to Constantius. Some sources claimed that she was Constanius' wife, some claim that she was a stable-maid, while others claim that she was a concubine. All Roman emperors were Romans up to Leo I the Thracian, (reign, 401 - 474) who was dubbed barbarian by many Romans because he was not a Roman. The cultural background of Constantine the great was Roman. Because
It is not clear whether Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) a full Roman or a half Roman and half Bithynian. He was born in Naissus (present day Nis, southern Serbia) in the Roman province of Dardania which was in the Roman Diocese of Moesia (the Balkan Peninsula west of the river Danube and north Greece). His father Constantius Chlorus (Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius) was a Roman native of Dardania. Very little is known about the early life of his mother Helena (or St Helena). It was said that she was a Bithynian woman of low social standing. Bithynia was an area in north-western Turkey which was part of the Roman province of Bithynia and Pontus. The sources do not clarify whether she was a Roman of a Bithynian. It probably did not matter because by then Bithynia was thoroughly Latinised. Her name was Flavia Iulia Helena. It is not clear whether Flavia was derived from her having married into the Flavia clan. It is not even clear whether she was married to Constantius. Some sources claimed that she was Constanius' wife, some claim that she was a stable-maid, while others claim that she was a concubine. All Roman emperors were Romans up to Leo I the Thracian, (reign, 401 - 474) who was dubbed barbarian by many Romans because he was not a Roman. The cultural background of Constantine the great was Roman. Because