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Athaulf
| Athaulf | |
|---|---|
| King of the Visigoths | |
| Reign | 411–415 |
| Predecessor | Alaric I |
| Successor | Sigeric |
| Born | c. 370 |
| Died | 415 |
| Spouse | 1) Unknown 2) Galla Placidia |
| Dynasty | Balti dynasty |
| Father | Athanaric |
| Religion | Arianism |
Athaulf (also Athavulf,[1] Atawulf,[2] or Ataulf and Adolf, Latinized as Ataulphus) (c. 370 – 15 August 415) was king of the Visigoths from 411 to 415. During his reign, he transformed the Visigothic state from a tribal kingdom to a major political power of late antiquity.[3]
- ^ Patrick J. Geary, ed., Readings in Medieval History (Ontario: Broadview Press Ltd., 2003), 97.
- ^ Henry Bradley, The Goths: from the Earliest Times to the End of the Gothic Dominion in Spain (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Second edition, 1883), chapter 11.
- ^ "within that period he developed from a tribal chief to a late antique statesman." Herwig Wolfram, History of the Goths (1979, tr. 1988) p. 164.
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