Athanaric
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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ATHANARIC than rik, 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...