Thorismund (Gothic: ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐น๐๐ผ๐๐ธ, also Thorismond, Thorismod or Thorismud, as manuscripts of the chief source confusingly attestJordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum (Getica) 81, 174, 190, 201 and elsewhere.) ( 420โ453), became king of the Visigoths after his father Theodoric I was killed in the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains (also called Battle of Chรขlons) in 451 AD. He was murdered in 453 and was succeeded by his brother Theodoric II.
Biography Thorismund appears to have played a pivotal role in the Battle of Chรขlons as he led a contingent of the Visigoth forces in capturing an important summit at the very early stages of the conflict. The summit seems to have extended to the whole of the left flank of the Ostrogoth and Hun forces. Thorismund descended from the hills during the late stages of the conflict, when the Huns had prevailed over the Alans, and the Ostrogoths were pushing the disorganized Visigoths after the death of their king Theodoric. Thorismund led his force of Visigoths in a decisive charge which, according to Edward Gibbon, flanked both the Ostrogoths and subsequently the Huns and snatched victory from his enemies.
Portrayals He is played by Mark Letheren in the 2001 miniseries Attila.
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Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chapter 35