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See also:ATHANARIC (d. 381) , a ruler of the Visigoths from about 366 to 380. He See also:bore the See also:title not of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king but of See also:judge, a title which may be compared with that of ealdorman among the Anglo-Saxon invaders of See also:Britain. Athanaric waged, from 367 to 369, an unsuccessful See also:war with the See also:emperor See also:Valens, and the See also:peace by which the war was ended was ratified by the See also:Roman and See also:Gothic rulers See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting on a See also:barge in See also:mid-stream of the See also:Danube. Athanaric was a harsh and obstinate See also:heathen, and his See also:short reign was chiefly famous for his brutal persecution of his See also:Christian See also:fellow-countrymen. In 376 he was utterly defeated by the See also:Huns, who a few years before had burst into See also:Europe. The bulk of the Visigothic See also:people sought See also:refuge within the See also:Empire in the region now known as See also:Bulgaria, but Athanaric seems to have fled into Transylvania. Being attacked there by two Ostrogothic chiefs he also, in 381, sought the See also:protection of the Roman emperor. See also:Theodosius I. received him courteously, and he was profoundly impressed by the glories of See also:Constantinople, but on the fifteenth See also:day after his arrival he died, and was honoured by the emperor with a magnificent funeral.
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