{"slug": "theodoric-ii", "label": "Theodoric II", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric_II", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195443", "qid": "Q195443", "description": "King of Visigoths", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [453, 466], "span_label": ["453 CE", "466 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "goths", "label": "Goths", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "western-roman-empire", "label": "Western Roman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hispania", "label": "Hispania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orleans", "label": "Orléans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "salian-franks", "label": "Salian Franks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burgundians", "label": "Burgundians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "suebi", "label": "Suebi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arles", "label": "Arles", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 453, "year_label": "453 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Theodoric II succeeds his brother Thorismund as king of the Visigoths, Thorismund having been murdered after he violated the alliance with the Western Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348812409#Europe", "title": "453", "revid": 1348812409, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 456, "year_label": "456 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5 – The Visigoths under King Theodoric II, acting on orders of Avitus, invade Spain with an army of Burgundians, Franks and Goths, led by their kings Chilperic I and Gondioc. They defeat the Suebi under King Rechiar on the Urbicus River, near Astorga (Gallaecia); this shatters the power of the Suebi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752999#Roman_Empire", "title": "456", "revid": 1364752999, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 458, "year_label": "458 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Arelate: Majorian defeats the Visigoths under King Theodoric II at Arles (Southern Gaul), near the Rhone River. Theodoric is forced to sign a peace treaty and becomes a foederatus (pl. foederati) of the Western Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748114#Roman_Empire", "title": "458", "revid": 1364748114, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 460, "year_label": "460 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Majorian gathers an expeditionary force (Alans and other barbarians) in Liguria, and enters Aquitaine after a long march, where he visits King Theodoric II at Toulouse.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598361#Roman_Empire", "title": "460", "revid": 1360598361, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 461, "year_label": "461 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths under king Theodoric II recapture Septimania (Southern Gaul) after the assassination of Majorian, and invade Hispania again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204937#Europe", "title": "461", "revid": 1349204937, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 463, "year_label": "463 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the Gothic war against Aegidius, Childeric I, king of the Salian Franks, allies with the Roman general Aegidius. This war is ended by the battle near Orléans, where the Visigoths under King Theodoric II are defeated by the Franks, while crossing the Loire River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367480401#Europe", "title": "463", "revid": 1367480401, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 464, "year_label": "464 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric II sends Remismund gifts (for recognizing his kingship), including weapons, and a Gothic princess for a wife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1288493894#Europe", "title": "464", "revid": 1288493894, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 466, "year_label": "466 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "King Theodoric II is killed by his younger brother Euric, who succeeds him on the throne. He conquers Hispania and the harbor city of Marseille (Southern Gaul), adding them to the existing Visigothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739705#Europe", "title": "466", "revid": 1364739705, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 466, "year_label": "466 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theodoric II, king of the Visigoths", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739705#Deaths", "title": "466", "revid": 1364739705, "section": "Deaths"}}]}