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Born to a noble Visigothic family, Alaric served as commander of Gothic troops in the Roman army until shortly after the death of emperor Theodosius in 395. Then, as chief or "king" of the Visigothic peoples, Alaric took up arms against the Romans on the premise that his tribe had not been paid the subsidies they had been promised. The rest of his days would be spent negotiating with emperors for his people's livelihoods or attacking Roman strongholds or territories when negotiations fell through.
Encyclopedia Article About Alaric
Depiction of the Burial of Alaric
Alaric the Visigoth
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Alaric in Print
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The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians
by J. B. Bury
The Visigoths from the Migration Period to the Seventh Century: An Ethnographic Perspective
edited by Peter Heather
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
by John H. Haaren, A. B. Poland and Robert G. Shearer
Early Europe
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