July 1, 69 Tiberius Julius Alexander ordered his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. Vespasian refused to recognize Vitellius as emperor, and had his legions acclaim him as Imperator. 251 Battle of Abrittus: The Goths defeated emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus on swampy ground in the Dobrudja (Moesia). Moesia was an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube River. It included territories of modern-day Northern Republic of Macedonia, Southern Serbia (Upper Moesia),Northern Bulgaria, Romanian Dobrudja, Southern Moldova, and Budjak (Lower Moesia).
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