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{{short description|4th-century Gothic ruler}}Ariaric also known as Ariacus was a 4th-century Thervingian Gothic pagan ruler (reiks, kindins)BOOK, Carole M. Cusack, Rise of Christianity in Northern Europe, 300-1000,weblink 6 January 2013, 1998, Continuum International Publishing Group, 978-0-304-70735-5, 38–, BOOK, Herwig Wolfram, Thomas J. Dunlap, History of the Goths,weblink 6 January 2013, 1 March 1990, University of California Press, 978-0-520-06983-1, 61–, BOOK, Noel Emmanuel Lenski, Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.,weblink 6 January 2013, 2002, University of California Press, 978-0-520-23332-4, 120–, He was succeeded by Geberic.Jordanes, Getica.In 328, Constantine the Great constructed a bridge across the Danube and built fortifications in the territory of Oltenia and Wallachia. This caused a migration of the Thervingi and Taifali to the west into Tisza Sarmatian controlled areas. The Sarmatians joined forces with Constantine, who appointed his son Constantine II to campaign against the Goths in late winter 332, reportedly resulting in the deaths of approximately one hundred thousand people due to the weather and lack of food. Ariaric was forced to sign a treaty or foedus with Constantine in 332. Yet some scholars dispute that this treaty was a foedus, but more like an act of submission.From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms. Thomas F. X. Noble. ed. 2006, p.245Ariaric's son Aoric was raised in Constantinople, where a statue was erected in his memory. BOOK, Patrick J. Geary, The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe,weblink 6 January 2013, 2003, Princeton University Press, 978-0-691-11481-1, 87–, Patrick J. Geary suggested that under Ariaric branches of the western Goths became increasingly integrated into the Roman empire and systems, providing troops for military campaigns against the Sassanid Empire.BOOK, Patrick J. Geary, The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe,weblink 6 January 2013, 2003, Princeton University Press, 978-0-691-11481-1, 87–,

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