Alaric I (/ ˈ æ l ər ɪ k /; Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, Alarīks lit.'ruler of all'; [2] c. 370 – 411 AD) was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410.

Sep 4, 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...

Apr 3, 2025 · Alaric (born c. 370, Peuce Island [now in Romania]—died 410, Cosentia, Bruttium [now Cosenza, Italy]) was the chief of the Visigoths from 395 and leader of the army that sacked Rome in August 410, an event that symbolized the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

Aug 23, 2023 · Alaric I was a prominent leader of the Visigoths during the late 4th and early 5th centuries AD. He is best known for his leadership during the sack of Rome in 410 AD, an event that marked the first time in over 800 years that the city fell to a foreign invader.

Jul 26, 2024 · Alaric I was the first king of the Visigoths. A direct descendant of the great chieftain Rothestes, he reigned from 395–410 as the ruler. He hailed from Balti, an aristocratic dynasty. He is best remembered for the sack of Rome which was …

Possibly in 391, a Gothic chieftain named Alaric was declared king by a group of Visigoths, though the exact time this happened (Jordanes says Alaric was made king in 400 [14] and Peter Heather says 395 [15]) and nature of this position are debated.

Apr 15, 2024 · Alaric I (/ˈælərɪk/; Gothic: ̴̰̻̰̹̺͂̓, Alarīks, "ruler of all"; c. 370 – 411 AD) 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.

Alaric I, also Alaricus, (reigned 394–410 AD) was a leader of the Visigoths. [1] He is famous as the Gothic leader who sacked the city of Rome in 410 AD . [ 2 ] Very little about his family is known.

Aug 9, 2018 · In 394 Alaric led a 20,000-strong force in aid of Theodosius, the Eastern Roman Emperor, in his defeat of the Frankish Roman General Arbogast at the battle of Frigidus. Alaric lost half his men, but saw his sacrifice barely acknowledged by the Emperor.

Biography: The first king of the Visigoths, Alaric I, rose to power after the death of Theodosius I when the Roman armies dissolved in 395. He served as king from 395 to 410 and was responsible for the sack of Rome in 410, one of the most notorious events in Western Roman history which contributed to the decline of the Western Roman Empire.