Alaric King of the Visigoths I

• Preferred Name: Alaric King of the Visigoths I^{[1] [2]}
  
• Alternate Name: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 Alareiks
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: late 410 in Busento River, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy, Roman Empire at LATI: N9.3485 LONG: E6.2548
  
• FSID: L1Q5-9RL
  
• MilitaryService: Alaric's troops entered Rome through the Salarian Gate, and sacked the city.24 AUG 410 with note: -- Wikiwand: Alaric I -- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: ALARIC (-Bruttium, southern Italy end 410).
  
• MilitaryService: returned to Italy408 with note: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: ALARIC (-Bruttium, southern Italy end 410).
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: House of Balthe
  
• Birth: ABT 370 in Peuce Island, Scythia Minor, Roman Empire at LATI: N4 LONG: E8 with note: In ancient geography, Peuce is a former island in the Danube Delta, in Scythia Minor (present-day Tulcea County, Romania). It was about the size of the island of Rhodes. The inhabitants of the island were called Peucini
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of the VisigothsBET 395 AND 410
  
• He+was+succeeded+by+his+wife's+brother,+Athaulf.: with note: Description: Alaric married the sister of Athaulf -- Wikiwand: Alaric I -- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: ALARIC (-Bruttium, southern Italy end 410) sister (of Athaulf). Her family origin and marriage are indicated by Olympiodorus Thebæus who records that Alaric was succeeded by “Adaulphum uxoris fratrem””[41]. m ALARIC King of the Visigoths, son of --- (-Bruttium, southern Italy end 410).
  
• MilitaryService: Battlle of the Frigidus between the Eastern and Western Emperors394 in Claustra Alpina Iulium, Vipava Valley, Roman Empire at LATI: N9.156 LONG: E5.6583 with note: The Battle of the Frigidus, also called the Battle of the Frigid River, was fought between 5 and 6 September 394 between the army of the Roman emperor Theodosius the Great and the army of the rebel augustus Eugenius (r. 392–394), in the eastern border of Regio X in Roman Italia. Theodosius won the battle and defeated the usurpation of Eugenius and Arbogast, restoring unity to the Roman Empire.
  
• Religion: Arianism
  
• Death: 410 in Cosenza, Calabria, Itália at LATI: N9.3485 LONG: E6.2548
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Ancient History Encyclopedia, by Donald L. Wasson published on 04 September 2014
  
  Alaric I (r. 394-410 CE) was a Gothic military commander who is famous for sacking Rome in 410 CE, which was the first time the city had been sacked in over 800 years. Although little of his family is known, we do know that he became the chief of the Tervingi and Greuthungi tribes (later known as the Visigoth and Ostrogoth, respectively). He led his fellow Goths on a rampage through the Balkans and into Italy, sacking the Roman capital, and then moving further south and dying soon after in 410 CE. After Alaric's death, his brother-in-law Athaulf led the Goths into Gaul.
  
  Alaric Comes to Power
  For centuries the people of Rome lived comfortably behind the walls of their city. The empire was continually expanding, and the Roman army, under a long series of capable military commanders, kept the dreaded barbarians safely away from the city's gates. Unfortunately, the supremacy of Rome began to slowly decay when the empire was split into two by Diocletian, and the power base gradually moved to Constantinople and to the emperor who resided there. This shift in political and economic power left Rome weak and vulnerable. A young, former Roman commander took advantage of this situation and sacked the once eternal city: his name was Alaric.
  
  Although labeled as a barbarian, Alaric was a Christian who received his military training in the Roman army. He commanded the Gothic allies, fighting alongside the Romans at the Battle of River Frigidus in 394 CE, a battle waged between the eastern emperor Theodosius I and the western usurper emperor Eugenius. Shortly after the battle, in 395 CE, Emperor Theodosius, the last to unite and rule both halves of the empire, died. The Roman Empire was again divided. Alaric's nemesis (and later ally) the ambitious Flavius Stilicho (359-408 CE) became regent (or at least claimed to be) for the former emperor's two sons, Arcadius and Honorius (395–423 CE). Arcadius became emperor in the east (dying in 408 CE), while the younger Honorius would eventually assume the throne in the west.
  
  Alaric & Stilicho
  WHEN THE SALARIAN GATE WAS OPENED BY AN UNNAMED SYMPATHIZER, AN ARMY OF “BARBARIANS” LED BY ALARIC ENTERED ROME, AND A THREE-DAY PILLAGE BEGAN.
  Stilicho, magister militum or commander-in-chief (and son of a Roman mother and Vandal father), clashed with Alaric. This conflict stemmed from a treaty signed in 382 CE between the Romans and the Goths, after the Gothic War, which allowed them to settle in the Balkans but only as allies, not citizens. The treaty further required them to serve in the Roman army, something that alarmed many of the Goths. And, as they had feared, their extensive losses at Frigidus validated their concern; they had been placed in the front lines, ahead of the regular Roman legions, as "sacrificial lambs".
  
  Alaric lived under the mistaken delusion that the Roman government in the west was stable and would last forever, providing security for his people. In an attempt to force a rewrite of the treaty, Alaric and his army took advantage of the growing tension between the east and west and ransacked cities throughout the Balkans and into Greece, eventually invading Italy in 402 CE. He demanded not only grain for his people but also recognition as citizens of the empire, as well as his appointment as magister militum, an equal in the Roman army; Stilicho vehemently refused these demands. Although Alaric was forced to retreat at Verona, in 406 CE an attempt was made for compromise. Through his agent, Jovius, the Roman commander listened to Alaric's demand for legal rights to their land with annual payments of gold and grain. In return, Alaric was to assist Stilicho in his plan to invade the east; with Arcadius in full power in the east, Stilicho had already secured himself in the west (he had married his daughter to Emperor Honorius), and with the help of Alaric, he would attack the east, dethroning Arcadius.
  
  The deal would never come to pass. Alaric sat patiently, waiting for Stilicho to join him. Despite his good intentions, Stilicho, however, was delayed due to problems elsewhere in the west: the Gothic king Radagaisus invaded Italy; the Vandals, Alans, and Survi invaded Gaul; and the future emperor Constantine III (a viable threat to the throne) emerged victorious from Britain. These setbacks made money scarce and negotiations impossible. Alaric's patience wore thin, and his demand for 4,000 pounds of gold (payment for his waiting) went unheard. As a result, he began to slowly move his army closer to Italy. Although Stilicho wanted to pay the demands, the Roman Senate, under the leadership of a war hawk named Olympius disagreed, and the Senate considered Alaric's actions a declaration of war.
  
  With Olympius' urging, the emperor decided to invade the east. Stilicho warned against the emperor leading the army, choosing to lead an army himself. With Stilicho away, Honorius and Olympius traveled to Ticinum, an Italian city just south of Milan, supposedly to review the troops; however, Olympius, without the permission of the emperor, ordered the killing of thousands of Gothic allies - an action that further angered Alaric. A final fatality of this massacre was Stilicho himself, who was accused of plotting with Alaric. As a result of this treachery, over 10,000 soldiers defected and joined Alaric's army. In 408 CE the Gothic army sacked the cities of Aquilea, Concordia, Altinum, Cremona, Bononia, Ariminum, and Picenum, choosing, however, to avoid Ravenna, the capital of the western empire and home of Emperor Honorius. Instead, Alaric set his sights on Rome, surrounding all 13 gates of the city, blockading the Tiber River and forcing widespread rationing; within weeks decaying corpses littered the city streets.
  
  Alaric & the Sacking of Rome
  As additional forces came to Alaric's side, Emperor Honorius did little to help the city and oppose Alaric. The Goths were still viewed as barbarians and no match for the armies of the empire. Although the treasury was virtually empty, the Senate finally succumbed, and wagons left the city carrying two tons of gold, 13 tons of silver, 4,000 silk tunics, 3,000 fleeces, and 3,000 pounds of pepper. Alaric eased the siege, still hoping to negotiate terms, but Honorius remained blind to the seriousness of the situation. While temporarily agreeing to Alaric's demands - something he never intended to honor - 6,000 Roman soldiers were sent to the city but were quickly defeated by Alaric's brother-in-law Athaulf.
  
  Realizing further negotiations were impossible, especially after an ambush from the Roman commander Sarus, Alaric returned to the gates of Rome. He had tried everything, even attempting to name a sympathetic senator named Attalus appointed as a new Roman emperor failed. He took Honorius's sister Galla Placidia hostage but to no avail. An alliance asking for an annual payment of gold and grain, as well as the provinces of Venetia, Noricum, and Dalmatia, was refused. Alaric had few choices left, and on August 24, 410 CE, Alaric prepared to enter the city; Rome had not been sacked since 390 BCE. When the Salarian Gate was opened by an unnamed sympathizer, an army of “barbarians” entered Rome, and a three-day pillage began. While the homes of the wealthy were plundered, buildings burned, and pagan temples destroyed, St. Peter's and St. Paul's were left untouched. Oddly, when Honorius heard that Rome was perishing, he feared the worst - not because of his love of the city, but because he believed his beloved fighting cock named Rome had been killed.
  
  Alaric left the city, intending to move into Sicily and later Africa. Unfortunately, he never realized his dream and died soon after in 410 CE. Athaulf assumed control of the army, eventually leading the Goths into Gaul. Alaric had made every attempt to secure a home for his fellow Goths: the sack of Rome was his final hope. The city would never recover. The burning of Rome was, according to pagan interpretation, the result of the city becoming Christian. Others viewed Rome as a symbol of the past; the new center of the empire was Constantinople. In 476 CE, 66 years after Alaric, the city finally fell to Odoacer, spelling the end to the Roman Empire in the west.
  
  From Wikipedia on Visigoths
  The new emperor, Theodosius I, made peace with the rebels, and this peace held essentially unbroken until Theodosius died in 395. In that year, the Visigoths' most famous king, Alaric I, took the thro
  
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  ALARIC (-Bruttium, southern Italy end 410). First mentioned in 391 when he moved southwards into Greece, he suffered several military setbacks b
  
  === During Alaric's youth the Visigoths migr ===
  During Alaric's youth the Visigoths migrated westward under attack from the Huns. They were used as auxiliary mercenary troops by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Alaric first appears in history as a leader of these troops. Upon the death of Theodosius in 395, the Visigoths renounced their allegiance to Rome and acknowledged Aleric as their king. Leading his troops into Greece, he sacked Corinth, Argos and Sparta and spared Athens only in return for a heavy ransom. After being defeated by the Roman general Flavius Stilicho, he retired with his plunder and secured from the new Eastern Roman Emperor Arcadius a commission as prefect of the Roman province of Illyricum. In 402 Alaric invaded Italy but was again defeated by Stilicho. Subsequently he was persuaded to join forces with the Western Roman Emperor Honouis, who was convinced that war with the Eastern Empire was inevitable. When Arcadius died in 410, Rome abandoned its projected move against the East, whereupon Alaric demanded 4000 pounds of gold as indemnity. On the insistence of Stilicho the Roman government agreed to this demand but soon thereafter Honorius had Stilicho executed on charges of treason and abrogated the agreement. Alaric then invaded Italy, beseiged Rome and exacted a vast ransom. In 410 his troops captured and sacked the city. A disastrous storm forced Alaric to abandon his next campaign, an invasion of Sicily and No. Africa.
  
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  === Alaric was a Visigothic chieftain princi ===
  Alaric was a Visigothic chieftain principally interested in becomingrecognized within the Roman Empire as a military "protector" over theimperial household. He was rebuffed in his effort to do this through anormal rise up the ranks of the military--and thus Alaric took toconquering. Recognition, not plunder, seemed consistently to remain hisaim in life. His main political adersary was Stillicho--who however sometimes workedin league with Alaric when it seemed profitable to do so. The dramatichighpoint in Alaric's maneuverings was his entry at the head of hisVisigothic army into Rome itself in 410. Though his army was quiterestrained in its treatment of Rome, this was a major humiliation forthis grand city. In the end, all of Alaric's maneuverings merely pointed out the glaringweaknesses of the Roman Empire, especially in the West. This set upconditions for the final collapse of the Western Imperium. Birth Alaric was born around 370 to a noble Gothic (Western Gothic orVisigothic) family, who had just fled south to the mouth of the DanubeRiver at the Black Sea to escape the invasion of Eastern Europe by theAsian Huns. Early Military Service As a young man Alaric served in the army of the Gothic foederati(tribesmen with recognized territorial rights and responsibilities in theRoman Empire)--becoming a general in 394 and serving under the EmperorTheodosius. At this point he began to take note of the weakness of theRoman hold over northeastern Italy. Proclaimed a Gothic King When he was later bypassed by Theodosius's sons in their distribution ofimperial offices, he made the decision to act on his own politicalbehalf. Gathering disgruntled foederati (for whom tribute payments fromRome had been slacking off) he had himself proclaimed Gothic king. His March on Constantinople, Greece and Illyricum (395-396) He moved his troops on Constantinople itself. But unable to take thiswell defended city, he turned his troops towards Greece proper. Foralmost two years (395-396) he plu ndered Greece--though he spared Athens.Then he found himself trapped in Greece by the general Stilicho--butmanaged to escape to the north along the eastern Adriatic Sea(Illyricum), where he was welcomed as a liberator, king of the lands thatreach even up to the middle Danube River. From there he conducted adevious diplomacy with the Eastern and Western branches of the RomanEmpire--swearing fealty to one or another as he felt it opportune to doso. In the meantime he began to equip his troops with the finest ofImperial weapons. His First Invasion of Italy (401-403) In 401 Alaric broke his treaty with Rome and invaded Italy. He spreadterror through northern Italy--until he was again met and defeated byStilicho at Pollentia in 402. Then after another defeat from the hands ofthe Romans in 403, he abandoned Italy. He Returns to Greece Furthermore, though defeated, Alaric was not considered out of thepolitical picture. Indeed, in the mounting tensions between the Easternand Western Imperial governments, he was called in for support by evenStilicho. When however the Roman problem defused itself by the death ofone of the imperial claimants, Alaric, who had moved his armies intoGreece, demanded a huge tribute payment in compensation for his efforts.Stilicho and the Senate had agreed to the payment. But then he and someof the Senators were assassinated by their political enemies in theSenate. In the ensuing political chaos, some of the foederati of Italywere killed. This in turn set off a massive flight of foederati refugeesto Alaric's camp. His Second Invasion of Italy This prompted Alaric to mobilize his troops. They invaded Italyagain--and rolled right up to the walls of Rome. Rather than attack, hesettled in for a siege of starvation against the surrounded Romans.Finally he was bought off by a huge ransom payment. Political Wheeling and Dealing But Alaric still pressed for Roman recognition of some kind of officialposition within the Empire: rule over the lands between the NorthernAdriatic and the Middle Danube and the command of the Imperial army.Failing satisfaction in this, he besieged Rome a second time (409)--andgained the position as unofficial overlord of a new Western Emperor,Attalus. But Attalus proved to be an uncompliant vassal--and also broughtRome to defeat in Northern Africa where Rome depended heavily for itsgrain imports. The Romans began to complain bitterly about this newregime of Alaric and Attalus. The Eastern Emperor Honorius, once an allyof Alaric, now stepped into the situation. Alaric dumped Attalus andnegotiated with Honorius--but was out-trumped diplomatically with theintervention of a Gothic rival, Sarus. Entry into Rome (410) Thus in 410 Alaric resorted to his old trick of besieging Rome again.This time Alaric and his Visigoths broke through the Roman defenses. Butthey proved themselves to be sparing in their plunder of the ancientcapital. Catastrophe and Death in an Effort to Invade Africa (410) From there Alaric moved his troops to the south, with the intention oftaking by force the grain lands of North Africa--thus bringing somecontentment to his Roman subjects. But storms destroyed his navy--andAlaric himself was struck by fever and died in the effort, bringing to anend the life of this amazing self-defined adventurer. Despite his ultimate failure at establishing some kind of Gothic regimeof his own, Alaric left a huge mark on his age. Principally, he hadexhausted the Roman resistance in the West, and opened the way for theGerman Vandals and Suebi to invade Gaul and Spain. It was his maraudingof Rome that also caused the withdrawal of the Roman legions fromBritain--leaving that land vulnerable to the invading Picts to the Northand the Saxons to the East.
  
  === Alaric background from Wikipedia ===
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  Alaric I was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to leadership of the Goths who came to occupy Moesia—territory acquired a couple of decades earlier by a combined force of Goths and Alans after the Battle of Adrianople. Wikipedia
  
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  === Battles ===
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  === 1 Alaric I of the Visigoths commanded ===
  1 Alaric I of the Visigoths commanded Gothic auxiliaries under Emperor Theodosius beginning in 394 AD. Failing to receive high command in the Roman Army after Theodosius death in 395, Alaric left Roman service and was elected King of the Visigoths After his invasion of Greece, Alaric I was appointed Governor of Illyricum by Emperor Arcadius (377-408) first emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (395-408) as a bribe to stop his invasion. Again, after his invasion of Italy between 400 and 403, in which Alaric I had ravaged the country with his army of Visigoths in northern Italy, he was again bribed with public office by Honorius as prefect of western Illyricum, which brought peace for the Romans until 408. Alaric I of the Visigoths led his army into an invasion of Italy in 400AD after his military build up following his appointment as governor of Illyricum. Again he was stopped ca 402 or 403 by Stilichio Flavius (Roman general and statesman, son of Vandal chieftain in Roman service. Commander under Emperor Theodsius, guardian and chief minister of Honorius) repelled the invastion of Alaric in 403AD (Stilicho was later executed by Honorius for consiracy in 408AD). Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Greece in 395-396 AD until he was checked by Stilicho. Once again Alaric I invaded Italy in 408; beseiging Rome with his Visigoths. The Roman General Stilicho led the Roman Army, but, Stilicho himself was then executed August 22 for a plot against the Emperor Honorius. Alaric then exacted a tribute from Rome that included 3,000 pounds of pepper, the spice being valued for it's alleged medicinal virtues and for helping to disguise spilage of meat that is "past its prime." For the third and last time, Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Italy, beseiged, then captured Rome which was then sacked and plundered from 14 August 410 to 24 August 410AD. 2 Alaric I was said to have been born about 370 on an island at the mouth of the Danube River near the Black Sea. 3 Alaric of the V isigoths died while preparing to invade Africa in 410. a.d. 4 The final resting place of Alaric I of the Visigoths was said to have been Noricum, the ancient country and Roman province south of the Danube. [myfamily1.FTW] 1 Alaric I of the Visigoths commanded Gothic auxiliaries under Emperor Theodosius beginning in 394 AD. Failing to receive high command in the Roman Army after Theodosius death in 395, Alaric left Roman service and was elected King of the Visigoths After his invasion of Greece, Alaric I was appointed Governor of Illyricum by Emperor Arcadius (377-408) first emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (395-408) as a bribe to stop his invasion. Again, after his invasion of Italy between 400 and 403, in which Alaric I had ravaged the country with his army of Visigoths in northern Italy, he was again bribed with public office by Honorius as prefect of western Illyricum, which brought peace for the Romans until 408. Alaric I of the Visigoths led his army into an invasion of Italy in 400AD after his military build up following his appointment as governor of Illyricum. Again he was stopped ca 402 or 403 by Stilichio Flavius (Roman general and statesman, son of Vandal chieftain in Roman service. Commander under Emperor Theodsius, guardian and chief minister of Honorius) repelled the invastion of Alaric in 403AD (Stilicho was later executed by Honorius for consiracy in 408AD). Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Greece in 395-396 AD until he was checked by Stilicho. Once again Alaric I invaded Italy in 408; beseiging Rome with his Visigoths. The Roman General Stilicho led the Roman Army, but, Stilicho himself was then executed August 22 for a plot against the Emperor Honorius. Alaric then exacted a tribute from Rome that included 3,000 pounds of pepper, the spice being valued for it's alleged medicinal virtues and for helping to disguise spilage of meat that is "past its prime." For the third and last time, Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Italy, beseiged, then c aptured Rome which was then sacked and plundered from 14 August 410 to 24 August 410AD. 2 Alaric I was said to have been born about 370 on an island at the mouth of the Danube River near the Black Sea. 3 Alaric of the Visigoths died while preparing to invade Africa in 410. a.d. 4 The final resting place of Alaric I of the Visigoths was said to have been Noricum, the ancient country and Roman province south of the Danube.[myfamily1.FTW] 1 Alaric I of the Visigoths commanded Gothic auxiliaries under Emperor Theodosius beginning in 394 AD. Failing to receive high command in the Roman Army after Theodosius death in 395, Alaric left Roman service and was elected King of the Visigoths After his invasion of Greece, Alaric I was appointed Governor of Illyricum by Emperor Arcadius (377-408) first emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (395-408) as a bribe to stop his invasion. Again, after his invasion of Italy between 400 and 403, in which Alaric I had ravaged the country with his army of Visigoths in northern Italy, he was again bribed with public office by Honorius as prefect of western Illyricum, which brought peace for the Romans until 408. Alaric I of the Visigoths led his army into an invasion of Italy in 400AD after his military build up following his appointment as governor of Illyricum. Again he was stopped ca 402 or 403 by Stilichio Flavius (Roman general and statesman, son of Vandal chieftain in Roman service. Commander under Emperor Theodsius, guardian and chief minister of Honorius) repelled the invastion of Alaric in 403AD (Stilicho was later executed by Honorius for consiracy in 408AD). Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Greece in 395-396 AD until he was checked by Stilicho. Once again Alaric I invaded Italy in 408; beseiging Rome with his Visigoths. The Roman General Stilicho led the Roman Army, but, Stilicho himself was then executed August 22 for a plot against the Emperor Honorius. Alaric then exacted a tribute from Rome that included 3,000 pounds of pepper, the spice being valued for it's alleged medicinal virtues and for helping to disguise spilage of meat that is "past its prime." For the third and last time, Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Italy, beseiged, then captured Rome which was then sacked and plundered from 14 August 410 to 24 August 410AD. 2 Alaric I was said to have been born about 370 on an island at the mouth of the Danube River near the Black Sea. 3 Alaric of the Visigoths died while preparing to invade Africa in 410. a.d. 4 The final resting place of Alaric I of the Visigoths was said to have been Noricum, the ancient country and Roman province south of the Danube.[myfamily4.GED] 1 Alaric I of the Visigoths commanded Gothic auxiliaries under Emperor Theodosius beginning in 394 AD. Failing to receive high command in the Roman Army after Theodosius death in 395, Alaric left Roman service and was elected King of the Visigoths After his invasion of Greece, Alaric I was appointed Governor of Illyricum by Emperor Arcadius (377-408) first emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (395-408) as a bribe to stop his invasion. Again, after his invasion of Italy between 400 and 403, in which Alaric I had ravaged the country with his army of Visigoths in northern Italy, he was again bribed with public office by Honorius as prefect of western Illyricum, which brought peace for the Romans until 408. Alaric I of the Visigoths led his army into an invasion of Italy in 400AD after his military build up following his appointment as governor of Illyricum. Again he was stopped ca 402 or 403 by Stilichio Flavius (Roman general and statesman, son of Vandal chieftain in Roman service. Commander under Emperor Theodsius, guardian and chief minister of Honorius) repelled the invastion of Alaric in 403AD (Stilicho was later executed by Honorius for consiracy in 408AD). Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Greece in 395-396 AD until he was checked by Stilicho. Once again Alaric I invaded Italy in 408; beseiging Rome with h is Visigoths. The Roman General Stilicho led the Roman Army, but, Stilicho himself was then executed August 22 for a plot against the Emperor Honorius. Alaric then exacted a tribute from Rome that included 3,000 pounds of pepper, the spice being valued for it's alleged medicinal virtues and for helping to disguise spilage of meat that is "past its prime." For the third and last time, Alaric I of the Visigoths invaded Italy, beseiged, then captured Rome which was then sacked and plundered from 14 August 410 to 24 August 410AD. 2 Alaric I was said to have been born about 370 on an island at the mouth of the Danube River near the Black Sea. 3 Alaric of the Visigoths died while preparing to invade Africa in 410. a.d. 4 The final resting place of Alaric I of the Visigoths was said to have been Noricum, the ancient country and Roman province south of the Danube.[myfamily3.GED] 1 Alaric I of the Visigoths commanded Gothic auxiliaries under Emperor Theodosius beginning in 394 AD. Failing to receive high command in the Roman Army after Theodosius death in 395, Alaric left Roman service and was elected King of the Visigoths After his invasion of Greece, Alaric I was appointed Governor of Illyricum by Emperor Arcadius (377-408) first emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (395-408) as a bribe to stop his invasion. Again, after his invasion of Italy between 400 and 403, in which Alaric I had ravaged the country with his army of Visigoths in northern Italy, he was again bribed with public office by Honorius as prefect of western Illyricum, which brought peace for the Romans until 408. Alaric I of the Visigoths led his army into an invasion of Italy in 400AD after his military build up following his appointment as governor of Illyricum. Again he was stopped ca 402 or 403 by Stilichio Flavius (Roman general and statesman, son of Vandal chieftain in Roman service. Commander under Emperor Theodsius, guardian and chief minister of Honorius) repelled the invastion of Alaric i
  
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  Alaric (Alaric I) "1st King of the Visigoths" Visigoths aka Balthas
  Born about 0370 [location unknown]
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  Son of Rothesteus Visigoths [uncertain] and [mother unknown]
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  Father of Unknown Visigoths
  Died 0410 in Calabria, Italymap
  
  === #Générale# Roi des Wisigoths en 409-410. ===
  #Générale# Roi des Wisigoths en 409-410. Décédé d'une attaque d'apoplexie au sièg e de Reggio. Il y a un écart certain selon les sources quant à son âg e :certains le faisant naître vers 370. Mais on sait qu'i l lutta dès 39 2 contre l'usurpateur Eugène, et que l'Emper eur Romain Théodose l'avai t fixé un peu auparavant, ce qu i accrédite qu'il devait peut-être avoi r au moins la trent aine.
  
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  === ! Source is from Albert F. Schmuhl, Salt ===
  ! Source is from Albert F. Schmuhl, Salt Lake City, Utah. !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, Published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. !Source is from "Neuhart Nobility", by Dennis Allen Kastens -1997 page 150. 1. He was King of the Visgoths.
  
  === Profession : Roi des Wisigoths en 409-41 ===
  Profession : Roi des Wisigoths en 409-410. Décédé d'une attaque d'apoplexie au siège de Reggio.
  
  === Sacked Rome 410 The First Visigothis Kin ===
  Sacked Rome 410 The First Visigothis King was a member of the Balthi family,second onlyto the Amali family among the Goths
  
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  Note: King of Toulouse King of the Visigoths 415-419
  
  === King of Toulouse ===
  King of Toulouse
  
  === #Générale# Roi des Wisigoths en 409-410 ===
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1. Title: Wikiwand: Calabria
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Calabria;
   Note: Calabria (UK: /kəˈlæbriə/, US: /-ˈleɪb-, -ˈlɑːb-, kɑːˈlɑːbriɑː/, Italian: [kaˈlaːbrja]; Calabrian: Calàbbria; Calabrian Greek: Calavría; Greek: Καλαβρία; Arbëreshë Albanian: Kalavrì), known in antiquity as Bruttium, is a region in Southern Italy. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro. The Regional Council of Calabria is based at the Palazzo Campanella in the city of Reggio Calabria. The region is bordered to the north by the Basilicata Region, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. The region covers 15,080 km2 (5,822 sq mi) and has a population of just under 2 million. The demonym of Calabria is calabrese in Italian and Calabrian in English. In ancient times the name Calabria referred, not as in modern times to the toe, but to the heel tip of Italy, from Tarentum southwards, a region nowadays known as Salento. Etymology Starting in the third century BC, the name Calabria was originally given to the Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula in modern Apulia. In the late first century BC this name came to extend to the entirety of the Salento, when the Roman emperor Augustus divided Italy into regions. The whole region of Apulia received the name Regio II Apulia et Calabria. By this time modern Calabria was still known as Bruttium, after the Bruttians who inhabited the region. Later in the seventh century AD, the Byzantine Empire created the Duchy of Calabria from the Salento and the Ionian part of Bruttium. Even though the Calabrian part of the duchy was conquered by the Longobards during the eighth and ninth centuries AD, the Byzantines continued to use the name Calabria for their remaining territory in Bruttium. The modern name Italy derives from Italia, which was first used as a name for the southern part of modern Calabria. Over time the Greeks started to use it for the rest of the southern Italian peninsula as well. After the Roman conquest of the region, the name was used for the entire Italian peninsula and eventually the Alpine region too.] Geography The region is generally known as the “toe” of the “boot” of Italy and is a long and narrow peninsula which stretches from north to south for 248 km (154 mi), with a maximum width of 110 km (68 mi). Some 42% of Calabria's area, corresponding to 15,080 km2, is mountainous, 49% is hilly, while plains occupy only 9% of the region's territory. It is surrounded by the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas. It is separated from Sicily by the Strait of Messina, where the narrowest point between Capo Peloro in Sicily and Punta Pezzo in Calabria is only 3.2 km (2 mi). Three mountain ranges are present: Pollino, La Sila and Aspromonte. All three mountain ranges are unique with their own flora and fauna. The Pollino Mountains in the north of the region are rugged and form a natural barrier separating Calabria from the rest of Italy. Parts of the area are heavily wooded, while others are vast, wind-swept plateaus with little vegetation. These mountains are home to a rare Bosnian Pine variety and are included in the Pollino National Park. The Pollino National Park also has the distinction of being the largest national park in Italy and covers about 1,925.65 square kilometres. La Sila, which has been referred to as the "Great Wood of Italy," is a vast mountainous plateau about 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) above sea level and stretches for nearly 2,000 square kilometres (770 square miles) along the central part of Calabria. The highest point is Botte Donato, which reaches 1,928 metres (6,325 feet). The area boasts numerous lakes and dense coniferous forests. La Sila also has some of the tallest trees in Italy which are called the "Giants of the Sila" and can reach up to 40 metres (130 feet) in height. The Sila National Park is also known to have the purest air in Europe. The Aspromonte massif forms the southernmost tip of the Italian peninsula bordered by the sea on three sides. This unique mountainous structure reaches its highest point at Montalto, at 1,995 metres (6,545 feet), and is full of wide, man-made terraces that slope down towards the sea. In general, most of the lower terrain in Calabria has been agricultural for centuries, and exhibits indigenous scrubland as well as introduced plants such as the prickly pear cactus. The lowest slopes are rich in vineyards and citrus fruit orchards. The Diamante citron is one of the citrus fruits. Moving upwards, olives and chestnut trees appear while in the higher regions there are often dense forests of oak, pine, beech and fir trees. Climate Calabria's climate is influenced by the sea and mountains. The Mediterranean climate is typical of the coastal areas with considerable differences in temperature and rainfall between the seasons, with an average low of 8 °C (46 °F) during the winter months and an average high of 30 °C (86 °F) during the summer months. Mountain areas have a typical mountainous climate with frequent snow during winter. Erratic behavior of the Tyrrhenian Sea can bring heavy rainfall on the western slopes of the region, while hot air from Africa makes the east coast of Calabria dry and warm. The mountains that run along the region also influence the climate and temperature of the region. The east coast is much warmer and has wider temperature ranges than the west coast. The geography of the region causes more rain to fall along the west coast than that of the east coast, which occurs mainly during winter and autumn and less during the summer months. Below are the two extremes of climate present in Calabria, both the warm mediterranean subtype on the coastline and the highland climate of Monte Scuro. Geology When describing the geology of Calabria, it is commonly considered as part of the "Calabrian Arc", an arc-shaped geographic domain extending from the southern part of the Basilicata Region to the northeast of Sicily, and including the Peloritano Mountains (although some authors extend this domain from Naples in the north up to Palermo in the southwest). The Calabrian area shows basement (crystalline and metamorphic rocks) of Paleozoic and younger ages, covered by (mostly Upper) Neogene sediments. Studies have revealed that these rocks comprise the upper Unit of a pile of thrust sheets which dominate the Apennines and the Sicilian Maghrebides. The Neogene evolution of the Central Mediterranean system is dominated by the migration of the Calabrian Arc to the southeast, overriding the African Plate and its promontories (Argand, 1922; Boccaletti and Guazzone, 1972). The main tectonic elements of the Calabrian Arc are the Southern Apennines fold-and-thrust belt, the "Calabria-Peloritani," or simply Calabrian block and the Sicilian Maghrebides fold-and-thrust belt. The foreland area is formed by the Apulia Platform, which is part of the Adriatic Plate, and the Ragusa or Iblean Platform, which is an extension of the African Plate. These platforms are separated by the Ionian Basin. The Tyrrhenian oceanized basin is regarded as the back-arc basin. This subduction system therefore shows the southern plates of African affinity subducting below the northern plates of European affinity. The geology of Calabria has been studied for more than a century. For details concerning the older literature, i.e. from before 1973, the reader is referred to the review of Ogniben (1973). Ippolito (1959) presented a complete bibliography of the literature on the Calabrian geology as published up until that moment. Books, reviews and important "mile¬stones" concerning the geology of the Calabrian Arc are the following: Cortese (1895), Limanowski (1913), Quitzow (1935), Caire et al. (1960), Caire (1961), Grandjacquet et al. (1961), Ogniben (1969, 1973), Caire (1970, 1975, 1978), Burton (1971), Amodio-Morelli et al. (1976), Dubois (1976), Grandjacquet and Mascle (1978), Moussat (1983), van Dijk (1992), and van Dijk et al. (2000). The earlier works were mainly dedicated to the evolution of the basement rocks of the area. The Neogene sedimentary successions were merely regarded as "post-orogenic" infill of "neo-tectonic" tensional features. In the course of time, however, a shift can be observed in the temporal significance of these terms, from post-Eocene to post-Early Miocene to post-middle Pleistocene. The region is seismically active and is generally ascribed to the re-establishment of an equilibrium after the latest (mid-Pleistocene) deformation phase. Some authors believe that the subduction process is still ongoing, which is a matter of debate (van Dijk & Scheepers, 1995). History Calabria has one of the oldest records of human presence in Italy, which date back to around 700,000 BC when a type of Homo erectus evolved leaving traces around coastal areas. During the Paleolithic period stone age man created the "Bos Primigenius," a figure of a bull on a cliff which dates back around 12,000 years in the Cave of Romito in the town of Papasidero. When the Neolithic period came the first villages were founded around 3,500 BC. Antiquity Around 1500 BC a tribe called the Oenotri ("vine-cultivators"), settled in the region. According to Greek mythology they were Greeks who were led to the region by their king, Oenotrus. The Greeks used the term 'italoi', which according to some ancient Greek writers was derived from a legendary king of the Oenotri, Italus and according to others from the bull. Originally the Greeks used 'italoi' to indicate Calabrians and later it became synonymous with the rest of the peninsula. Calabria therefore was the first region to be called Italia (Italy). During the eighth and seventh centuries BC, Greek settlers founded many colonies (settlements) on the coast of southern Italy (Magna Grecia). In Calabria they founded Chone (Pallagorio), Cosentia (Cosenza), Clampetia (Amantea), Scyllaeum (Scilla), Sybaris (Sibari), Hipponion (Vibo Valentia), Locri Epizefiri (Locri), Kaulon (Monasterace), Krimisa (Cirò Marina), Kroton (Crotone), Laüs (comune of Santa Maria del Cedro), Medma ..
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Alarico I - Published information: birth-name: Alarico I
   Note: Published information: birth-name: Alarico I Published information: male Published information: birth: 0375; Published information: death: 0410; Calabria, Italy
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