# Theodosius receives the Gothic leader Athanaric at Constantinople on 11 January 381 and gives him a state funeral days later

Date: 381

## The fact

Britannica records the friendly reception of Athanaric in 381. DIR independently places the Gothic diplomacy of these years.

It is one event.

## Context

Public honour to a Gothic king is a cohesion path aimed at splitting or settling armed migrants. Mixed later costs of the foedus stay on the October row.

[Theodosius I](/people/theodosius-i)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death.

Britannica: friendly reception of Athanaric in 381 as part of seeking coexistence. DIR and handbook chronology give 11 January 381. This is not the October 382 foedus with the main Gothic body.

Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers are the surviving public file.

## Evidence and sources

Britannica — Theodosius I and De Imperatoribus Romanis — Theodosius I independently describe this instrument.

Official or archival record: Britannica — Theodosius I (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodosius-I; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Athanaric’s reception is a cohesion path of high confidence on the episode in the standard file.

## What is established and what is not

Established as a sourced public record of this instrument at the date assigned here.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Theodosius I.

They are not a public rating.

The driver `social-cohesion` is attached because the mechanism named in Significance follows from this instrument, not because a standing list of welfare headings needed another tick. Theodosius I did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. A portrait or conventional bust is not this mechanism. Allegation, reconstruction, and established occurrence stay distinct. Do not merge 11 January with 3 October. Do not invent attendance figures. Keep the carrier date of later English distinct from the received historical year stored in the date field. Do not read a later English edition as a recovered autograph of Theodosius I.

## People

- Theodosius I: https://factrail.ai/people/theodosius-i

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://roman-emperors.sites.luc.edu/theo1.htm
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodosius-I

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/theo-athanaric-381