Page "Theudis" Paragraph 1

According to Procopius, during his governorship Theudis had married a Spanish woman who " belonged to the house of one of the wealthy inhabitants of that land, and not only possessed great wealth but also a great estate in Spain.

" With this wealth he was able to muster a private army of two thousand men, effectively making him independent of Theodoric's authority.

Theodoric did not take any action against Theudis.

One reason was that doing so would give the Franks, who had killed the Visigothic king Alaric in the Battle of Vouillé an excuse to take to the field once again.

Another was that Theudis was careful to obey the commands of his king, and never failed to send the annual tribute.