1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ATAULPHUS (the Latinized form of the Gothic Ataulf, " Father-wolf," from alia, father, and vutfs, wolf; mod. Germ. Adolf, Latinized as Adolphus, the form used by Gibbon for the subject of this article), king of the Goths (d. 41 5). On the death of Alaric (q.t.) his followers acclaimed his brother-in-law Ataulphus as king. In 412 he quitted Italy and led his army across the Alps into Gaul. Here he fought against some of the usurpers who threatened the throne of Honorius; he made some sort of compact with that empero…
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