Although Rome had previously given them land south of the Danube as allies, this people was treated poorly and subsequently invaded the Balkans and destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Adrianople, killing the emperor Valens.
The Church encouraged this group to be attacked by the Merovingians under Clovis, since it had been converted to Arianism by Ulfilas' missionaries. It was repulsed by the Roman general Stilicho twice upon its attempts to enter Italy. Although Rome had previously given them land south of the Danube as allies, this people was treated poorly and subsequently invaded the Balkans and destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Adrianople, killing the emperor Valens. They later became a Roman Federate and took lands in Gaul, and later in Spain. Contrasted with the Ostrogoths, FTP, name this barbarian tribe which, under Alaric, sacked Rome in 410 AD.          |
The Church encouraged this group to be attacked by the Merovingians under Clovis, since it had been converted to Arianism by Ulfilas' missionaries.
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