{"slug": "athanaric", "label": "Athanaric", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanaric", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312598", "qid": "Q312598", "description": "king of several branches of the Thervingian Goths", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [348, 381], "span_label": ["348 CE", "381 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodosius-i", "label": "Theodosius I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "danube", "label": "Danube", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "valens", "label": "Valens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "huns", "label": "Huns", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "carpathian-mountains", "label": "Carpathian Mountains", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moesia", "label": "Moesia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "constantius-ii", "label": "Constantius II", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 348, "year_label": "348 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Wulfila escapes religious persecution by the Gothic chieftain Athanaric, obtains permission from Constantius II to migrate with his flock of converts to Moesia, and settles near Nicopolis ad Istrum (Bulgaria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367114391#Europe", "title": "348", "revid": 1367114391, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 369, "year_label": "369 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Emperor Valens crosses the Danube, and attacks the Gothic tribes (Greuthungi and Tervingi). Valens and Athanaric, the Gothic king, eventually sign a treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322977158#Roman_Empire", "title": "369", "revid": 1322977158, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 370, "year_label": "370 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Athanaric, Gothic leader of the Tervingi, advances eastwards and takes up a defensive position along the banks of the Dniester (Romania).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337457472#Europe", "title": "370", "revid": 1337457472, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 372, "year_label": "372 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Huns attack the Tervingi on the Dniester, overwhelming them with light cavalry (horse archers), and devastating the settlements of the Goths. King Athanaric is defeated and seeks refuge in Caucaland in the Carpathian Mountains.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332743719#Europe", "title": "372", "revid": 1332743719, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 380, "year_label": "380 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The Visigothic chieftain Fritigern dies after ravaging the Balkans; his rival Athanaric becomes king of the entire Gothic nation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281452530#Europe", "title": "380", "revid": 1281452530, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 381, "year_label": "381 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "The Visigothic chieftain Athanaric becomes the first foreign king to visit the Eastern Roman capital of Constantinople. He negotiates a peace treaty with emperor Theodosius I that makes his people foederati as \"one body within the imperial soldiery\". Athanaric dies 2 weeks later after an 18-year reign in which he has been undisputed king of all the Goths for just 1 year. The peace will continue until Theodosius's death in 395.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281451732#Europe", "title": "381", "revid": 1281451732, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 381, "year_label": "381 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Athanaric, king of the Visigoths", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281451732#Date_unknown", "title": "381", "revid": 1281451732, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}]}