Battle of Mardia

Battle of Mardia
	Part of the civil wars of the Tetrarchy
	; Left: bust of Licinius in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; right: head of the colossal statue of Constantine I in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.
Date	late 316 or early 317 AD
Location	the basin of Ardas River, Greece or Harmanli, Bulgaria
Result	Constantinian victory
Belligerents
Constantine	Licinius
Commanders and leaders
Constantine the Great	Licinius, Valerius Valens
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Mardia, also known as Battle of Campus Mardiensis^[1] or Battle of Campus Ardiensis, was fought in late 316/early 317 between the forces of Roman Emperors Constantine I and Licinius. Its location was probably modern Harmanli (Bulgaria) in Thrace.^[2]

^ Anon. Valesianus, 17 : "Quibus frustra remissis, iterum reparato bello, in campo Mardiense ab utroque concurritur et post dubium ac diuturnum proelium Licini partibus inclinatis profuit noctis auxilium."
^ N.E. Lenski 2006, p.74

[1] Anon. Valesianus, 17 : "Quibus frustra remissis, iterum reparato bello, in campo Mardiense ab utroque concurritur et post dubium ac diuturnum proelium Licini partibus inclinatis profuit noctis auxilium."

[Lenski-2] N.E. Lenski 2006, p.74

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