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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 in the
vicinity of Adrianople, in the
Roman province...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
- Empire. Soon afterwards,
Fritigern, a
rival of Athanaric,
converted to Arianism,
gaining the
favor of Valens.
Athanaric and
Fritigern thereafter fought a civil...
