Athanaricus^[1] (died 381) was king of several branches of the Thervings for at least two decades in the fourth century. Ironically, his Gothic name, Athanareiks, means "king for the year". A deputation from the Roman Senate delivers to Gratianus the robe of the Pontifex Maximus, which had been worn by every Roman Emperor since Augustus. ... The Thervingi were a Gothic people of the Danubian plains west of the Dnestr River in the 3rd and 4th Centuries CE. They had close contacts with the Greuthungi, another Gothic people from east of the Dnestr River, as well as the Late Roman Empire (or early Byzantine Empire). ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...

A rival of Fritigern, another Therving war chief, Athanaric made his first appearance in recorded history in 369, when he engaged in battle with the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens and ultimately negotiated a favorable peace for his people. Frithugairns (Gothic for desiring peace) or Fritigern (died ca. ... Athanaric, a Visigoth ruler, fights against Valens at Isaccea. ... Solidus minted by Valens in 376. ...

During his reign, the Thervings were divided by religious issues. Many of them had converted to Arian Christianity during the third and fourth centuries, but Athanaric continued to follow the old Germanic pagan religion. Fritigern, his rival, was an Arian and had the favor of Valens, who shared his religious beliefs.^{[citation needed]} This article is about theological views like those of Arius. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Look up pagan, heathen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Athanaric against Fritigern?

Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen, and Zosimus refer to conflicts between Fritigern and Athanaric.^[2][3][4] Ammianus Marcellinus and Philostorgius do not record such conflicts. Socrates Scholasticus was a Greek Christian church historian; born at Constantinople c. ... Salminius Hermias Sozomen (c. ... For the pope of this name see Pope Zosimus Zosimus, Greek historical writer, nourished at Constantinople during the second half of the 5th century A.D. According to Photius, he was a count, and held the office of advocate of the imperial treasury. ... Ammianus Marcellinus (325/330-after 391) was a Roman historian who wrote during Late Antiquity. ... Philostorgius (364?-?) was a scholar who subscribed to Arianism, a heresy that questioned the Trinitarian account of the relationship between God the Father and Christ. ...

According to Socrates, Fritigern and Athanaric were rival leaders of the (Therving) Goths. As this rivalry grew into warfare, Athanaric gained the advantage, and Fritigern asked for Roman aid. The Emperor Valens and the Thracian field army intervened, Valens and Fritigern defeated Athanaric, and Fritigern converted to Christianity, following the same teachings as Valens followed.^[5] Sozomen follows Socrates' account.^[6] The Thervingi were a Gothic people of the Danubian plains west of the Dnestr River in the 3rd and 4th Centuries CE. They had close contacts with the Greuthungi, another Gothic people from east of the Dnestr River, as well as the Late Roman Empire (or early Byzantine Empire). ... Solidus minted by Valens in 376. ...

According to Zosimus, Athanaric (Athomaricus) was the king of the Goths (Scythians). Sometime after their victory at Adrianople, and after the accession of Theodosius, Fritigern, Alatheus, and Saphrax moved north of the Danube and defeated Athanaric, before returning south of the Danube.^[7]

Athanaric in Caucaland

In 376, Valens permitted Fritigern's people to cross the Danube River and settle on Roman soil to avoid the Huns, who had recently conquered the Greuthungs and were now pressing the Thervings then living in Dacia. Athanaric's people were left to their fate, but many of them found their own way across the river, as well.^{[citation needed]} Events Visigoths appear on the Danube and request entry into the Roman Empire in their flight from the Huns Births Cyril of Alexandria, theologian Deaths Categories: 376 ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078 m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500 m³/s Area watershed 817,000 km² Origin Black Forest (Schwarzwald-Baar, Baden- Württemberg... The Huns were a confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads. ... The Greuthungi were a Gothic people of the Black Sea steppes (and forest steppes) in the 3rd and 4th Centuries CE. They had close contacts with the Thervingi, another Gothic people from west of the Dnestr River. ... Dacia, in ancient geography the land of the Daci, named by the ancient Greeks Getae, was a large district of Southeastern Europe, bounded on the north by the Carpathians, on the south by the Danube, on the west by the Tisa, on the east by the Tyras or Nistru, now...

Athanaric in the Roman Empire

By 379, one year after Fritigern's great victory over the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378, he had won over most of the Thervings to his leadership. But he died a year later, and Athanaric became king of the entire Therving people.^{[citation needed]} January 19 - Theodosius I is elevated as Roman Emperor at Sirmium. ... For other uses, see Battle of Adrianople (disambiguation). ... Events Mid-February: Lentienses cross frozen Rhine, invading Roman Empire. ...

Shortly before his death in 381, he became the first foreign king to visit the new Roman capital of Constantinople. He negotiated a peace with the new emperor, Theodosius I, that made some Thervings foederati, or official allies of Rome allowed to settle on Roman soil as a state within a state. A deputation from the Roman Senate delivers to Gratianus the robe of the Pontifex Maximus, which had been worn by every Roman Emperor since Augustus. ... Map of Constantinople. ... An engraving depicting what Theodosius may have looked like, ca. ... Foederatus early in the history of the Roman Republic identified one of the tribes bound by treaty (foedus), who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship (civitas) but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose. ...

A few weeks later, Athanaric died, but the treaty he had brokered stood until Theodosius' death in 395. Events After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. ...

References

1. ^ Latinized form, probably from Gothic Aþanareiks ("year-king").
2. ^ Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 4, chapter 33.
3. ^ Sozomen, Church History, book 6, chapter 37.
4. ^ Zosimus, Historia Nova, book 4.
5. ^ Socrates Scholasticus, Church History, book 4, chapter 33.
6. ^ Sozomen, Church History, book 6, chapter 37.
7. ^ Zosimus, Historia Nova, book 4.