ATHANARIC. - Visigothic chieftain, son of Rothesteus, "judge", that is, chief of the Tervingi settled on the Danube, antagonist of Fritigern.
In the struggle against the emperor Valens (365, 367-69), he was defeated by him in 369 and again by the Huns in 375; in 380 his subjects forced him to conclude a pact of alliance with Theodosius. He died at Constantinople on 25 January 381. In his aversion to the Romans, he also involved the Christian religion, which he persecuted harshly, especially from 369 to 372. Among the documents that recall his struggle against the orthodox and the Arians, we may mention the Gothic Arian calendar of the 6th century, which has come down to us incomplete.
Bibliography3 worksO. Seeck, s. v. in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencycl., II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, cols. 1934-35; H. Delchaye, Les Saints de Thrace et de Mésie, in Anal.
BIBL.: O. Seeck, s. v. in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencycl., II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, cols. 1934-35; H. Delchaye, Les Saints de Thrace et de Mésie, in Anal. Bolland., 31 (1912), pp. 161-202, text of the Gothic calendar, pp. 275-81; A. Lambert, s. v. in DFIG, IV, cols. 1305-18 (with numerous indications of sources).
A. Pietro Frutaz
ATANASIANO (PSEUDO), SIMBOLO: V. SIMBOLO ATANASIANO.
Frutaz, Amato Pietro. “Atanarico.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 254. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/atanarico.
MLA
Frutaz, Amato Pietro. “Atanarico.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 254. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/atanarico.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec2_atanarico,
author = {Frutaz, Amato Pietro},
title = {Atanarico},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {II},
pages = {254},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1949},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/atanarico}
}
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