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    Alaric I (/ˈælΙ™rΙͺk/; Gothic: πŒ°πŒ»πŒ°π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΊπƒ, AlarΔ«ks, "ruler of all"; c. 370 – 411 AD) was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose...
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    The revolt of Alaric I was a military conflict between the Roman Empire and a rebel army, probably composed mainly of Goths. This war consisted a number...
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  • Alaric may refer to: Alaric (name), a Germanic name, including a list of people and fictional characters Alaric I (c. 370–410), king of Visigoths, who...
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    Alaric II (Gothic: πŒ°πŒ»πŒ°π‚πŒ΄πŒΉπŒΊπƒ, Alareiks, "ruler of all"; Latin: Alaricus; c. 458/466 – August 507) was the King of the Visigoths from 484 until 507...
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    as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the command of Alaric I. Their exact origins are believed to have been diverse but they probably...
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    II's son being called Alaric II, as this would make him the great-grandson of Alaric I. The general consensus is that Theodoric I's wife must have been...
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    on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the administrative capital of the Western...
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  • two Visigothic kings with this name: Alaric I, who reigned from 395–410, prominent for the Sack of Rome in 410 Alaric II, who reigned from 485–507 There...
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    Western and Eastern Roman empires, allowed the Visigoths under their leader Alaric I (r. 395–410) to become an active force in imperial politics, only tenuously...
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  • by Alaric I (c. 408–410) 409: Battle of Ostia – Visigoths under Alaric I defeated the Romans. 410, 24 August – Sack of Rome – Visigoths under Alaric sacked...
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    Adrianople in 378. These Goths would form the Visigoths, and under their king Alaric I, they began a long migration, eventually establishing a Visigothic Kingdom...
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    his brother-in-law Alaric, who had been struck down by a fever suddenly in Calabria. King Athaulf's first act was to halt Alaric's southward expansion...
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    East. In the summer of 408, the Huns learned that Stilicho would not push Alaric I Visigoths into Illyricum, and that Roman troops in the East would be moved...
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    when in 395 Alaric, a former general in the Roman army and king of the Visigoths, revolted and invaded Greece (Gothic revolt of Alaric I). Stilicho, the...
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    negotiates with King Alaric I, who ceremonially deposes Priscus Attalus as co-emperor. August 24 – The Visigoths under Alaric I sack Rome after a third...
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    historical periods, such as the Dacian king Decebalus and Visigoth king Alaric I, who both changed the course of rivers to hide their treasures. Legends...
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    the 4th century. While the Visigoths had formed under the leadership of Alaric I, the new Ostrogothic political entity which came to rule Italy was formed...
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    Honorius based his capital in Milan, but when the Visigoths under King Alaric I entered Italy in 401 he moved his capital to the coastal city of Ravenna...
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    in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, surviving the pillages of Rome by Alaric I and Gaiseric but lost when the basilica burned. "Rabbi Eliezer ben JosΓ©...
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    fleeing to Caucaland in the Carpathians, Athanaric was received by Theodosius I in Constantinople in 381, where he signed a treaty of friendship with the...
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  • garrisons on the Rhine border in 402 to face the Visigothic invasion of Alaric I in Italy. Goffart argued in favour of this hypothesis based on the writings...
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  • Baltia (i.e., isle of the Balts), which he also calls Basilia (i.e., royal land). The Visigoths as a nation were formed under the rule of Alaric I, the first...
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  • in Gaul, and proclaimed himself Emperor. The negotiations with Alaric failed and Alaric demanded an indemnity of 4000 pounds in gold; Stilicho, who had...
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  • been rescued by the Archkyrie Einar before his death. Ancient Rome portal Alaric I Ardaric Ariovistus Athanaric Battle of Baduhenna Wood Belgios Boduognatus...
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    revived with the elevation of Priscus Attalus, at Rome, in the year 409. Alaric I, however, soon tired of his puppet and Attalus was deposed in the summer...
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  • Brennus, king of the Senone Gauls Sack of Rome (410), by Visigoths under Alaric I Sack of Rome (455), by Vandals under Genseric Sack of Rome (472), by Germanic...
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    of the Visigoths Alaric I conquered the region during the later stages of the Western Roman Empire and according to legend, Alaric I is buried in Cosenza...
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    on the island. Peuce island is also thought to be the birthplace of Alaric I (Alaric or Alarich[citation needed]; in Latin, Alaricus) king of the Visigoths...
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    Roma which had perished at the hands of Alaric, and the emperor with a sigh of relief answered quickly: "But I thought that my fowl Roma had perished."...
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  • the Visigoths under Alaric I, during the first Gothic invasion of Italy (401–403). The Romans were victorious, and forced Alaric to retreat, though he...
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