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Athanagild (Gothic: Aþanagilds; died 567) was Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania. He had rebelled against his predecessor, Agila I, in 551. The armies of Agila and Athanagild met at Seville, where Agila met a second defeat.〔Isidore of Seville, ''Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum'', chapter 46. Translation by Guido Donini and Gordon B. Ford, ''Isidore of Seville's History of the Goths, Vandals, and Suevi'', second revised edition (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), p. 22〕 Following the death of Agila in 554, he was sole ruler for the rest of his reign. Roger Collins writes that Athanagild's reign "is perhaps more significant than our sources may care to let us believe." Collins argues that the account of Isidore of Seville may be colored by the hostility subsequent Visigothic kings had towards Athanagild and his descendants.〔Collins, ''Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity 400-1000'', second edition (New York: St. Martins, 1995), p. 39〕 == The Roman invasion == During the conflict between the two, a Roman force sent by Justinian seized control of a large portion of Hispania Baetica (Andalusia). It is unclear what was the pretext for their arrival. Peter Heather states that Jordanes implies that Agila had summoned them.〔Peter Heather, ''The Goths'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 278; Jordanes, ''Getica'' 303〕 Isidore of Seville offers two conflicting stories: in the section on Agila, the Goths surrounding him killed him out of fear "that Roman soldiers might invade Spain on the pretext of giving help"; while in the following section Isidore states Athanagild had asked Justinian for his help, but once they arrived in Spain "he was unable to remove them from the territory of the kingdom despite his efforts."〔Isidore, chapters 46, 47; translated by Donini and Ford, p. 22〕 Collins notes that "in both of the emperor Justinian's other western interventions, Africa in 533 and Italy in 535, he came in ostensibly to uphold the rights of legitimate monarchs against usurpers", thus agreeing with Jordanes' version of the events.〔 Although Athanagild recovered a few cities, the Romans held most of their conquest, which was organized as the province of Spania, long after the end of his reign. It is unclear the exact area this province covered. J. B. Bury states that it "comprised districts and towns to the west as well as to the east of the Straits of Gades" and included the cities of New Carthage (Cartagena), Corduba (Córdoba), and Assionia.〔Bury, (''History of the Later Roman Empire,'' ) (Macmillan, 1923), p. 287〕 Peter Heather, while agreeing it included New Carthage and Assionia, is dubious about Corduba, and is certain Malaga, and Sagontia were included.〔Peter Heather, ''The Goths'' (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996), p. 278〕 Collins agrees that Corduba did not come under Roman control, nor did the Guadalquivir valley, stating that their principal strongholds were Medina Sidonia, Malaga and New Carthage.〔Collins, ''Early Medieval Spain'', pp. 38f〕 Athanagild died of natural causes in Toledo, according to Isidore, then after an interregnum of five months Liuva I became king.〔Isidore, chapters 46; translated by Donini and Ford, p. 22〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Athanagild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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