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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.
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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