[gothic-l] Fourteenth Gothic War, 376 - 382 AD

[andreas.schwarcz at UNIVIE.AC.AT]

Dear Bertil,
your information is not quite correct. Athanaric was not a king, he 
was a "iudex" and Theodosius I did not conclude a treaty with him, 
he received him with great pomp and honour as a fugitive from his 
own people in Constantinople on Januar 11th, 381 AD. Athanaric 
died a fortnight later in the city. The decisive treaty for the 
settlement in Macedonia and Thrace (probably with Fritigern, 
although the latter is not named) was concluded a year and a half 
later on October 3rd, 382 AD in the form of a deditio of the 
"universa gens Gothorum cum rege suo".
Kind regards
        Andreas  
Ao.Univ.Prof.Dr.Andreas Schwarcz
Institut für österreichische Geschichtsforschung
Universität Wien
Dr.Karl Lueger-Ring 1
A-1010 Wien
Österreich
Tel.0043/1/42-77/272-16
Fax 0043/142-77/92-72

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