Athanaric

Athanaric's people were left to their fate, but many of them found their own way across the river, as well.

There was some persecution of Christians under Athanaric during the 370s.

Athanaric, not to be caught off guard, sent an expeditionary force beyond the Dniester.

The Huns avoided this small force and attacked Athanaric directly.

A few weeks later, Athanaric died.

The martyrs who died under Athanaric's persecution known by name are three clerics and 18 laypeople (11 men, 7 women).

But he died a year later, and Athanaric became king of the entire Therving people.Jordanes.

Athanaric had not included the Taifals in his defensive construction efforts against the Huns earlier (376).

Athanaric pled for treaty terms and Valens gladly obliged.

Their king Athanaric is defeated.

According to the report of Sozomenos, more than 300 Christians were killed in Athanaric's persecution during the 370s.

In 381, Athanaric unexpectedly came to the East Roman capital of Constantinople.

According to him, Athanaric was banished by his fellow tribesmen and forced to seek asylum on the Roman territory.

As this rivalry grew into warfare, Athanaric gained the advantage, and Fritigern asked for Roman aid.

In this period a civil war may have broken out between Fritigern and Athanaric, a prominent Therving ruler.

In the 4th century, the Terving king Athanaric in ca. 375 ordered a persecution of Christians.

Meanwhile, "Athanaric" capped an alt.

In circa 369 the Tervingi king Athanaric began a persecution of the Christians in his territory.

Athanaric's motive was thus the protection of the Gothic nation and its gods and not the persecution of Christianity as such.

Fritigern, Athanaric's rival, was an Arian and had the favor of Valens, who shared his religious beliefs.

Heather also noted that the title of this type of judge passed from father to son through Ariaric, Aoric and Athanaric.

Athanaric's Wall (Romania, Moldova, 2-4th century, probably made by the Goths)

In the spring of 367, Valens crossed the Danube and marched on Athanaric's Goths.

This is deduced by historians from the fact that Athanaric would later lead the Thervingi in battle against the Huns in 376.

He fought in the Gothic civil war between Athanaric and Fritigern, he was condemned to the stake in 372.