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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)...
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persuade Valens to wait on
Gratian for support. When the
Gothic leader Fritigern demanded hostages to
secure peace from the Romans, he
volunteered and...
- troops, some 5,000 men, and
attacked the 7,000–8,000
Thervingi Goths under Fritigern nine
miles to the west of the town.
While the
Romans adopted a defensive...
