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Orosius ( Historiae adversum paganos 7, 34 ) and Zosimus ( New History 4, 34, 3-5 ) affirm this, but a more reliable source, Ammianus Marcellinus ( Res gestae 27, 5, 10 ) tells us an entirely different story.
According to him, Athanaric was banished by his fellow tribesmen and forced to seek asylum on the Roman territory.
Cf.
Themistius ( oratio 15, 190-1 ), who likewise describes Athanaric as a supplicant and a refugee.
Clearly, Athanaric was by then no authority to negotiate with ; he was welcomed by Theodosius in Constantinople only because the Emperor wished to make a lasting impression on the Tervingi, who were still fighting the Romans.

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