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In general, the terminology of a divided Gothic people disappeared gradually after they entered the Roman Empire.
The last indication that the Goths whose king reigned at Toulouse considered themselves Vesi is found in a panegyric on Avitus by Sidonius Apollinaris dated 1 January 456.
Most recent scholars ( notably Peter Heather ) argue that Visigothic group identity emerged only within the Roman Empire.
Roger Collins believes the Visigoths were a creation of the Gothic War of 376 – 382 and began as a collection of foederati ( Wolfram's " federate armies ") under Alaric I in the eastern Balkans, composed of largely Tervingi with Greuthungian and other barbarian contingents.
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