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King of the Visigoths (c. 420?453)
Thorismund
(also
Thorismod
or
Thorismud
, as manuscripts of our chief source confusingly attest
[1]
) (
c.
420?453), became king of the
Visigoths
after his father
Theodoric
was killed in the
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
(also called Battle of
Chalons
) in 451 CE. He was murdered in 453 and was succeeded by his brother
Theodoric II
.
Biography
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Thorismund appears to have played a pivotal role in the
Battle of Chalons
as he led a contingent of the Visigoth forces in capturing an important summit at the very early stages of the conflict. The summit seems to have extended to the whole of the left flank of the
Ostrogoth
and
Hun
forces. Thorismund descended from the hills during the late stages of the conflict, when the Huns had prevailed over the
Alans
, and the Ostrogoths were pushing the disorganized Visigoths after the death of their king Theodoric. Thorismund led his force of Visigoths in a decisive charge which, according to
Edward Gibbon
, flanked both the Ostrogoths and subsequently the Huns and snatched the victory from his enemies.
References
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- ^
Jordanes,
De origine actibusque Getarum
(
Getica
) 81, 174, 190, 201 and elsewhere.
External links
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Media related to
Turismundo
at Wikimedia Commons
King Thorismund of the Visigoths
Died:
453
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