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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATAULPHUS (the Latinized See also:form of the See also:Gothic Ataulf, " See also:Father-See also:wolf," from See also:atta, father, and vulfs, wolf; mod. Germ. Adolf, Latinized as See also:Adolphus, the form used by See also:Gibbon for the subject of this See also:article)  , See also:king of the Goths (d . 415) On the See also:death of See also:Alaric (q.v.) his followers acclaimed his See also:brother-in-See also:law See also:Ataulphus as king . In 412 he quitted See also:Italy and led his See also:army across the See also:Alps into See also:Gaul . Here he fought against some of the usurpers who threatened the See also:throne of See also:Honorius; he made some sort of compact with that See also:emperor and, in 414, he married his See also:sister Placidia; who had been since the See also:siege of See also:Rome a See also:captive in the See also:camp of the Goths . The ex-emperor Attains danced at the See also:marriage festival, which was celebrated with See also:great pomp at See also:Narbonne . In 415 Ataulphus crossed the See also:Pyrenees into See also:Spain and died at See also:Barcelona, being assassinated by a See also:groom . The most, important fact in his See also:history is his See also:confession, recorded by See also:Orosius, that he saw the inability of his countrymen to See also:rear a civilized or abiding See also:kingdom, and that consequently his aim should be to build on See also:Roman See also:foundations and blend the two nations into one .

End of Article: ATAULPHUS (the Latinized form of the Gothic Ataulf, " Father-wolf," from atta, father, and vulfs, wolf; mod. Germ. Adolf, Latinized as Adolphus, the form used by Gibbon for the subject of this article)
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