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Theodoric II, King of the Visigoths
Theodoric II was king of the Visigoths from 453 to 466, after murdering his brother Thorismund. Ruling from Toulouse as a Roman ally, he helped make Avitus emperor in 455 and in 456 crushed the Suebi in Hispania, killing their king Rechiar. He extended Visigothic power in Gaul and Hispania before being murdered by his brother Euric.
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