Battle of Poetovio

Battle of Poetovio
Date388 CE
Location
Drava River, near Ptuj, modern Slovenia
Result Eastern Roman victory
Belligerents
Eastern Roman Empire Western Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Theodosius I Magnus Maximus

The Battle of Poetovio was fought in 388 between the forces of Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus and the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Magnus Maximus's army was defeated and Maximus was later captured and executed at Aquileia.