Theodoric II (in Spanish and Portuguese Teodorico; died 466) was King of Visigoths from 453 to 466.
Biography
Theoderic obtained the throne by killing his elder brother Thorismund. English historian Edward Gibbon writes that "he justified this atrocious deed by the design which his predecessor had formed of violating his alliance with the empire." During Theodoric's reign, the Kingdom of the Visigoths, centered in what is now Aquitaine, continued to be a federate of the Western Roman Empire. In 462 the Empire ceded Septimania to Theodoric.
Theodoric was himself murdered in 466 by his younger brother Euric, who succeeded him to the throne.
The Gallo-Roman Sidonius Apollinaris wrote a famously vivid and gushing letter to his friend Agricola describing the king and his court.[1]
References
- ^ Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae Bk.II.
External links
- Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapter 36
- Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Bk.II.
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King Theodoric II of the Visigoths
Died: 466 |
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| Preceded by Thorismund |
King of the Visigoths 453 – 466 |
Succeeded by Euric |
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