Odotheus
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Odotheus (in Zosimus Aedotheus) was a Greuthungi king who in 386 led an incursion into the Roman Empire. He was defeated and killed by the Roman general Promotus. His surviving people settled in Phrygia.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Occupation
- military leader
- Noble title
- Fürst
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- date of death
- 0386-01-01
- described by source
- Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
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- Invasion of Roman Empire
- Fate of Odotheus' People
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Odotheus (in Zosimus Aedotheus) was a Greuthungi king who in 386 led an incursion into the Roman Empire. He was defeated and killed by the Roman general Promotus. His surviving people settled in Phrygia.
== Invasion of Roman Empire ==
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