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Fritigern (fl. 370s) was a
Thervingian Gothic chieftain whose decisive victory at
Adrianople during the
Gothic War (376–382) led to
favourable terms for...
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requesting asylum from the Huns.
There were two groups: the
Thervings led by
Fritigern and
Alavivus and the
Greuthungi led by
Alatheus and Saphrax. Eunapius...
- well as Greutungs, non-Gothic Alans, and
various local rebels) led by
Fritigern. The
battle took
place on 9
August 378 in the
vicinity of Adrianople,...
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century AD) was a
Gothic co-king of a
group of
Thervingi together with
Fritigern.
Along with the
latter he led the
migration of the
Thervingi from Dacia...
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naming years.
Gothic War:
Emperor Valens permits the
Visigothic chieftain Fritigern and his
people to
cross the
Danube from
Thrace (later Romania), and settle...
- 300
Christians were
killed in Athanaric's ****cution
during the 370s.
Fritigern, Athanaric's rival, was an
Arian and had the
favor of Valens, who shared...
- the
Roman side of the Danube. In 376, the
Visigoths under their leader Fritigern advanced to the far s****s of the
lower Danube and sent
requests for asylum...
- them
about astronomy.
These kings and leaders – with the
exception of
Fritigern and
possibly Alavivus – were pagans.
Ariaric Aoric Athanaric (369–381)...
- Empire. Soon afterwards,
Fritigern, a
rival of Athanaric,
converted to Arianism,
gaining the
favor of Valens.
Athanaric and
Fritigern thereafter fought a civil...
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greater fervor. In 376, the Huns
forced many
Therving Goths led by
Fritigern and
Alavivus to s****
refuge in the
Eastern Roman Empire. Soon after, starvation...
