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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...
- Goths. He
chases down
small groups of
Gothic raiders around Adrianople.
Fritigern concentrates his army at
Cabyle (Bulgaria). The
Goths are
mainly centred...
- entry,
Valens granted admission only to
Fritigern and his followers.
Others would soon follow, however. When
Fritigern and his Goths, to the
number of 200...
- 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...
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Constantinople as heretical.
Battle of Thessalonica: The
Goths under Fritigern defeat a
Roman army in Macedonia.
Theodosius I
retreats to Thessalonica...
- them
about astronomy.
These kings and leaders – with the
exception of
Fritigern and
possibly Alavivus – were pagans.
Ariaric Aoric Athanaric (369–381)...
