The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . s, and who, his parentshoped, would some day wear the diadem of his illus-trious grandfather. But the child soon died, and wasburied with great po?ip in a coffin of solid silver. In August, 415, Atawulf was murdered in hispalace by Eberwulf, a former follower of Sarus, whomhe had taken into his own service. Eberwulf, perhaps,meant treachery from the beginning, but Atawulf hadirritated him by ridiculing his small stature. Withhis last breath the king charged his brother tomake peace with the empire, and to send Plac
The Goths, from the earliest times to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain . s, and who, his parentshoped, would some day wear the diadem of his illus-trious grandfather. But the child soon died, and wasburied with great po?ip in a coffin of solid silver. In August, 415, Atawulf was murdered in hispalace by Eberwulf, a former follower of Sarus, whomhe had taken into his own service. Eberwulf, perhaps,meant treachery from the beginning, but Atawulf hadirritated him by ridiculing his small stature. Withhis last breath the king charged his brother tomake peace with the empire, and to send Placidiahome to Ravenna. But the brother who received this counsel was notallowed to succeed to the throne. The people blamedAtawulf for favouring the Romans too much, andthey chose as their king a brother of Sarus, namedSigeric. His first act was to murder the six childrenof Atawulfs former wife, and he treated Placidia withthe most shameful cruelty, making her walk twelvemiles by the side of his horse. But in seven days hetoo was assassinated, and Wallia [Walya], a Balthing,. THE EMPRESS ILACIDIA AND HER SON.{From an ivory dij>iych at Jllonza.) IVtIAT BECAME OP PLAClDlA. I05 though not related to Atawulf, was chosen in hisstead. Wallia treated Placidia kindly, but began by actingas the enemy of the Romans. Fighting both againstthe imperial forces and the Vandals and Sueves, hesoon conquered the whole of Spain. But he wasreduced to straits by a great famine, and like Alaricin a similar position, he ma^e an attempt to crossover into Africa, to make the corn supplies of thatprovince his own. Just as in Alarics case, the at-tempt failed through storms, and Wallia had no otherresource than to make his peace with the , or rather Constantius, was glad to accepthis offer to send Placidia home, on condition of re-ceiving 600,000 bushels of wheat, and being allowedto conquer Spain under the authority of the empire. What became of Atawulfs widowed queen is notexactly part
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