"Athanaric or Atanaric (Gothic: A\u00FEanareikspresumably from a\u00FEni \"year\" and reiks \"king\"; Latin: Athanaricus; died 381) was king of several branches of the Thervingian Goths for at least two decades in the 4th century. Athanaric made his first appearance in recorded history in 369, when he engaged in battle with the Eastern Roman Emperor Valens and ultimately negotiated a favorable peace for his people."@en .