Lets Talk Adrianople

[ValentinianVictrix]

I forgot to add that Athanaricus should be surnamed 'Oathbreaker'. In 369AD the treaty that was signed between Valens and Athanaricus was signed on a boat in the middle of the Danube. This was because Athanaricus declared that he had taken an oath before his father never to cross into Roman territory. yet in 376 where did we find him? Yep, on the banks of the Danube asking Valens for permission to cross! No wonder he was sent packing! Just a short while after Adrianople Athanaricus made an appeal directly to Theodosius who invited him and his tribesmen to cross over.
Athanaricus appears to have forgotten the solumn oath he had taken.