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(now Plovdiv in Bulgaria). Another army of about 20,000 besieged Marcianopolis without success. Then the forces headed south to besiege Philippopolis. The battle of Philippopolis was fought in 250 or 251 and after a long siege of the city the Goths were victorious. King Cniva subsequently allied himself with the town commander and governor of Thrace, Titus Julius Priscus,

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