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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 the Goths when peace was made with Gratian and Theodosius I in 382.

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Fritigern

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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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naming years. Gothic War: Emperor Valens permits the Visigothic chieftain Fritigern and his people to cross the Danube from Thrace (later Romania), and settle...

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Battle of Adrianople

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well as Greutungs, non-Gothic Alans, and various local rebels) led by Fritigern. The battle took place in the vicinity of Adrianople, in the Roman province...

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Athanaric

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300 Christians were killed in Athanaric's persecution during the 370s. Fritigern, Athanaric's rival, was an Arian and had the favor of Valens, who shared...

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Goths. He chases down small groups of Gothic raiders around Adrianople. Fritigern concentrates his army at Cabyle (Bulgaria). The Goths are mainly centred...

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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...

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Richomeres

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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...

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Valens

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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...

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Tervingi). Valens and Athanaric, the Gothic king, eventually sign a treaty. Fritigern becomes king of the Visigoths; amidst hostilities with his rival Athanaric...

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Goths

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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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Battle of Marcianople

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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...

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Vercingetorix

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Battle of Baduhenna Wood Bato (Daesitiate chieftain) Boudica Caratacus Fritigern Gainas Gaius Julius Civilis John of Gothia Spartacus Totila Tribigild...

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Alatheus and Saphrax

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leaders Fritigern and Alavivus against Rome. Alatheus eluded the Romans and rampaged through Thrace and Moesia in 377–378. He marched to Fritigern's aid against...

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Alavivus

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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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Battle of the Willows

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forces to attack the Goths who had recently rebelled under command of Fritigern. and were laying waste to the northern Balkans. The only extant description...

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Crixus

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Boiorix Boudica Brennus Brennus Chrocus Crius—Crixus's namesake Divico Fritigern Gainas Gaius Julius Civilis Genseric John of Gothia Mithradates VI Odoacer...

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Visigoths

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last. The Goths remained in Dacia until 376, when one of their leaders, Fritigern, appealed to the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens to be allowed to settle...

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370s

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894 pages. Gothic War: Emperor Valens permits the Visigothic chieftain Fritigern and his people to cross the Danube from Thrace (later Romania), and settle...

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Thervingi

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and Wallachia)[citation needed] until 376, when one of their leaders, Fritigern, appealed to the Roman emperor Valens to be allowed to settle with his...

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Arian controversy

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Auxentius of Durostorum Constantius II Gothic persecution of Christians Fritigern Alaric I Artemius Odoacer Theodoric the Great Modern semi-Arians Samuel...

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Anomoeanism

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Auxentius of Durostorum Constantius II Gothic persecution of Christians Fritigern Alaric I Artemius Odoacer Theodoric the Great Modern semi-Arians Samuel...

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Moesia

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Moesia. After they settled, quarrels soon took place, and the Goths under Fritigern defeated Valens in a great battle near Adrianople. These Goths are known...

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Barbarians Rising

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Tom Hopper as Arminius Kirsty Mitchell as Boudica Steven Waddington as Fritigern Gavin Drea as Alaric Emil Hostina as Attila Richard Brake as Geiseric...

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Visigothic Kingdom

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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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Widukind

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person. Abbi (Saxon) Ambiorix Alaric I Ardaric Arminius Athanaric Boudica Fritigern Gaius Julius Civilis Totila Tribigild Vercingetorix Viriathus Lexikon...

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Famine in Lower Moesia (occupied by the Goths) takes a fearsome toll. Fritigern and his followers appeal for help, but the governors Lupicinus and Maximus...

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