ATHANARIC

əthănˈərĭk, d. 381, Visigothic chieftain. He led the Visigoths against Emperor Valens and negotiated a favorable peace in 369. A pagan, he persecuted the Christians, and, possibly for that reason, he was involved in a civil war with Fritigern. Defeated by the Huns in 376, he fled to Transylvania and later (381) to Constantinople. There he was received with royal honors by Theodosius I, but he died two weeks later.

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The Goths in the Fourth Century
Book by Peter Heather, John Matthews; University of Liverpool Press, 1991
Subjects: Goths--History--Sources
...Ammianus tells us that this occurred because Athanaric claimed to be barred by a fearful oath...which would thus seem to have accorded Athanaric a symbolic diplomatic equality. Themistius...Discussing later events, he noted that Athanaric feared that the ceremony of 369 would...
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Dictionary of World Biography: The Ancient World - Vol. 1
Book by Frank N. Magill; Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
Subjects: World History
...his preaching, the local judge, Athanaric, was a pagan. After Ulfilas had been preaching for seven years, Athanaric began to persecute both Arian and...to Ulfilas community . Apparently, Athanaric feared that Christianity was undermining...
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Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources Chosen with the Purpose of Illustrating the Progress of Culture in Western Europe since the German Invasions - Vol. 2
Book by James Harvey Robinson; Ginn & Company, 1904
Subjects: Europe--History
...friendly bearing, he won the friendship of Athanaric, king of the West Goths, and invited...Constantinople. A few months later, Athanaric, upon whom the emperor heaped his favors...emperor, because of his affection for Athanaric, honored him almost more in death than...
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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War
Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy
...westward into the lands of the Visigoths. Athanaric, leader of the Visigoths, planned to...80,000 is more realistic. In 376 Athanaric appealed to the eastern Roman emperor...safety of Roman territory. Valens knew Athanaric well, for this wily soldier had led...
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Rome and the West
Book by Wiliiam Stearns Davis; Allyn and Bacon, 1912
Subjects: History, Ancient, Rome--History
stantinople. Athanaric very gladly consented and as he entered...such affection for him that he honored Athanaric even more when he was dead than in...the bier at the funeral. Now when Athanaric was dead, his whole army continued...
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Historical Implications of a Romanian Lexical Family of Old Germanic Origin
Journal article by Adrian Poruciuc; Mankind Quarterly, Vol. 48, 2008
Subjects: Languages
...rather than a rex, Cniva was (like Athanaric later - see below) a judex, or a dux...historical writings, to the name of Athanaric (the Visigothic ruler who vainly tried...application of the title of judex to Athanaric was due simply to the similarity in form...


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Athanaric
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATHANARIC than rik, d. 381, Visigothic chieftain. He led the Visigoths against Emperor Valens and negotiated a favorable peace in 369...
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Visigoths
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...successfully against the Visigoths, who were led by Athanaric . Athanaric asserted his supremacy over Fritigern , a rival Visigothic...into the Roman Empire and obtained Roman aid against Athanaric. However, the internal affairs of the Goths became...
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Fritigern
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FRITIGERN frit igurn, d. 380, Visigothic chieftain. An intermittent rival of Athanaric for leadership of the Visigoths , he adopted Arian Christianity (see Arianism ) and thus gained the support of Emperor Valens...
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Valens
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Christians. At the beginning of his reign he put down the revolt of Procopius. He initiated warfare against the Visigoths under Athanaric and defeated them in 369. His attitude toward the Persian threat to Armenia was indecisive, but in 376 peace was made...


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