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Odotheus (in Zosimus ''Aedotheus''; Latinized form of a Gothic name, possibly ''Audaþius'' was a Greuthungi king who in 386 led an incursion into the Roman Empire. He was defeated and killed by the Roman general Promotus.〔Zosimus, V.36 seems to put this ''before'' the death of Gratian in 383, but in IV.39 he tells of Theodosius recruiting the survivors for the coming campaign against Magnus Maximus, and Claudian ''Cos. Hon IV'' 633–37 dates the victory over Odotheus by Honorius’ first consulship, i.e. 386〕 His surviving people settled in Phrygia. == Invasion of Roman Empire == After the major Gothic entry into the Roman Empire in 376, there still remained substantial numbers of Goths in several kingdoms north and east of the lower Danube.〔Heather (1996), 56〕 In the year 386 the king Odotheus led his people into the Empire, possibly fleeing Hunnic hegemony, but Heather (1996:103) disputes this. Odotheus was brought to battle and killed by the general Promotus. Zosimus gives two versions (4.35 and 4.38-9), generally thought to be of the same story; the second version calls them ''Grothingi'' and speaks of a betrayal (or entrapment) by Promotus. The survivors of his people were settled in Phrygia; some were drafted into the Army and some became agricultural labourers.〔Heather (1996), n. 10 to p. 138. "Zosimus 4.35, 38-9, Cons. Const. s.a. 386 (= ''CM ''1, 244). ''captivi'': Claudian ''In Eut.'' 2.582. ''coloni'': ''ibid''. 205".〕 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「Odotheus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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