Visigoths capture the fleeing Suebian king Rechiarius and kill him.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Visigothic, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Rechiarius Origin: Suebi, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Jordanes, De origine actibusque Getarum 44.232Jordanes De origine actibusque Getarum 44.232 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 5
Year :	A.D. 455
Context :	battle regicide
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	conquest
Original Text :	Quorum rex Riciarius relicta infesta hoste fugiens in nave conscendit adversaque procella Tyrreni hoste repercussus Vesegotharum est manibus redditus. Miserabilis non differt mortem, cum elementa mutaverit.
Translation :	-
Edition :	Jordanes: De orgine actibusque Getarum. In: Iordanis Romana et Getica (MGH. Auct. ant. 5,1), pub. by Theodor Mommsen, Berlin 1882, p.53-138.
Remark :	context: Rechiarius was previously defeated by Theodoric II. and his army, described in: "Visigoths under Theodoric II. defeat and kill almost all the Suebi under Rechiarius."
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