See also: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
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the Goths (d
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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
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In 412 he quitted See also:Italy and led his See also:army across the See also:Alps into See also:Gaul
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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
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The ex-emperor Attains danced at the See also:marriage festival, which was celebrated with See also:great pomp at See also:Narbonne
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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
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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
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