Editing Moesia (section)

===Gothic raids===
[[File:GothicInvasions250-251-en.svg|thumb|Gothic invasions of 250-251]]

The first incursion in Moesia that can be attributed to Goths is by the [[Costoboci]] in 170 in the [[Marcomannic Wars]] when they destroyed [[Civitas Tropaensium|Tropaeum Traiani]].<ref>Kovács, Péter (2009). Marcus Aurelius' rain miracle and the Marcomannic wars. Brill. p 198</ref>

In 238 the [[Carpi (people)|Carpi]] sacked [[Histria (Sinoe)|Histria]] and Tropaeum Traiani.<ref>Bennett, Matthew (2004). "Goths". In Holmes, Richard; Singleton, Charles; Jones, Spencer (eds.). The Oxford Companion to Military History. Oxford University Press. p. 367. {{ISBN|978-0191727467}}</ref> Afterwards Moesia was frequently invaded or raided by the Dacian [[Carpians|Carpi]], and the [[Germanic peoples|East Germanic tribes]] of the [[Goths]].

In the [[Gothic War (248–253)]], the Gothic king [[Cniva]] captured the city of [[Siege of Philippopolis (250)|Philippopolis]] and then inflicted a devastating defeat upon the Romans at the [[Battle of Abrittus]], in which the Roman Emperor [[Decius]] was killed,<ref>Wolfram, Herwig (1990). History of the Goths. Translated by Dunlap, Thomas J. University of California Press. {{ISBN|0520069838}} p=128</ref> one of the most disastrous defeats in the history of the Roman army.<ref>Heather, Peter (2010). Empires and Barbarians: The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0199892266}} pp=109–20</ref>