Aoric

 ( Gothic Kings ) 

Aoric (Latinized Aoricus) was a Thervingi Goths Germanic king ( reiks and kindins) who lived in the 4th century.

Thomas S. Burns (1991). 9780253206008, Indiana University Press. . ISBN 9780253206008

Aoric was son of Ariaric and father of Athanaric, he was raised in Constantinople, where a statue was erected in his honour.

Patrick J. Geary (2025). 9780691114811, Princeton University Press. . ISBN 9780691114811

He was recorded by Auxentius of Durostorum leading a persecution of Gothic Christians in 347/348. Herwig Wolfram noted that "alliteration, variation, and rhythm in the line of names Athanaric, Aoric, Ariaric resemble the 'ideal type' of Hildebrandslied". He considered the similarities and comparison suggested that all three kings were members of the Balti dynasty.

(1990). 9780520069831, University of California Press. . ISBN 9780520069831

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