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  • Late in the next year Ulrica, daughter of Visi-gothic Athanaric, came to her betrothed Tharasmund, at the head of a great and rich retinue.

    Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

  • True, the latter was not only younger but by now had greater numbers at his beck than did the former, even though Athanaric still harried Christians in the parts over which he ruled.

    Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

  • They paid their respects to heathen Athanaric, but were more at the court of Christian Frithigern.

    Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

  • It will be the warmer for the rout Athanaric suffered this year from the Huns at the River Dnestr; they all need fresh and hopeful souls.

    Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

  • And indeed it came to pass that the youth met Ulrica, a daughter of King Athanaric.

    Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

  • Athanaric even more when he was dead than during his life-time, for he not only gave him a worthy burial, but himself walked before the bier at the funeral.

    The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

  • Athanaric was dead, his whole army continued in the service of the Emperor Theodosius and submitted to the

    The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

  • Athanaric very gladly consented and 143 as he entered the royal city exclaimed in wonder "Lo, now I see what I have often heard of with unbelieving ears," meaning the great and famous city.

    The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes

  • Athanaric, for instance, a king of the Goths, fiercely assailed for a time that portion of the Gothic nation which had embraced Christianity.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906

  • When Athanaric, the chief magistrate of the Thuringians, had become informed of those unexpected occurrences, he prepared to maintain his ground, with a resolution to rise up in strength should he be assailed as the others had been.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906

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