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ALARIC I

ălˈərĭk, c.370–410, Visigothic king. He headed the Visigothic troops serving Emperor Theodosius I. After the emperor's death (395) the troops rebelled and chose Alaric as their leader (see Visigoths). Alaric devastated Thrace, Macedonia, and Greece. Stopped, but not defeated, by Stilicho, he retired northward, and by an agreement with the Eastern emperor, Arcadius, occupied Epirus. In 401 he invaded Italy, where after some indecisive warfare he agreed to withdraw. Stilicho persuaded (407) the Romans to buy Alaric's alliance, but shortly afterward Emperor Honorius had Stilicho executed for treason. Alaric again invaded (408) Italy and laid seige to Rome. Raising the seige after an agreement with the Roman senate, Alaric again turned on Rome (409) and forced the city to accept a puppet emperor, Attalus, whom he himself deposed the next year for disregarding his advice. After the failure of renewed negotiations with Honorius (who all the while held out at Ravenna) Alaric stormed and sacked Rome (410) and then marched south to attack Sicily and Africa. A storm destroyed his fleet, and Alaric, having turned back, died of an illness. His brother Ataulf was elected his successor. It is said that Alaric was buried with his treasures near Cosenza in the bed of the Busento River, which was temporarily diverted from its course. That the secret of his burial place might be kept, the slaves employed in the labor were killed.

See study by M. Brion (tr. 1932).

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History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian - Vol. 2
Book by J. B. Bury; Dover Publications, 1958
Subjects:	Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...LATER ROMAN EMPIRE FROM THE DEATH OF THEODOSIUS I. TO THE DEATH OF JUSTINIAN BY J. B. BURY IN TWO...CHAPTER XV JUSTIN I. AND JUSTINIAN I 16 1. Election and Reign...

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: The Later Years Part I: 1821-1828 - Vol. 1
Book by Alan G. Hill, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth; Clarendon Press, 1967
Subjects:	Poets, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Women Authors, English--19th Century--Correspondence, Wordsworth, Dorothy--1771-1855--Correspondence, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850--Correspondence
...14 Nov. 282 144 W. W. to Alaric* Watts 16 Nov. 283 145...2 July 372 182 W. W. to Alaric Watts 5 Aug. 376 183...11 Aug. 380 186 W. W. to Alaric Watts 13 Aug. 380 No . Writer...*

History of the Later Roman Empire from the Death of Theodosius I. to the Death of Justinian - Vol. 1
Book by J. B. Bury; Dover, 1958
Subjects:	Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...BURY IN TWO VOLUMES VOLUME I DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW...forging the destinies of Europe -- Alaric, Athaulf, Wallia, Gaiseric...by my friend M. Charles Diehl. I do not compete with them; but I believe that in my second volume...

The Impact of the Federal Budget Process on National Forest Planning
Book by V. Alaric Sample, Dennis C. Le Master; Greenwood Press, 1990
Subjects:	Forest Policy--United States, Forest Reserves--United States--Planning, United States--Forest Service--Appropriations And Expenditures
...United States. 3. Forest reserves-- United States--Planning. I. Title. II. Series. SD565.S27 1990 333.75150973--dc20 89...Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright 1990 by V. Alaric Sample All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be...

Aurelian and the Third Century
Book by Alaric Watson; Routledge, 1999
Subjects:	Aurelian--Emperor Of Rome--Ca. 215-275, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Aurelian, 270-275
...Aurelian and the third century/Alaric Watson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical...3. Emperors Rome Biography. I. Title. DG308.W37 1999 937...information and material. Finally, I would also like to thank my parents...her patient encouragement. Alaric Watson ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations...

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Leonard Woolf's "I": Reading the Autobiographies
Journal article by Judith Scherer Herz; English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 50, 2007
Subjects:	Autobiographies--Criticism and interpretation, Woolf, Leonard S.--Criticism and interpretation, Woolf, Leonard S.--Works
...Only if you feel that every he or she has an I like your own I, only if everyone is to you an individual, that you can feel...Rome the Romans were eating our equivalent of eggs and bacon and Alaric, the Goth, was on the point of capturing and sacking their city...

Getting Shot of Elves: Healing, Witchcraft and Fairies in the Scottish Witchcraft Trials
Journal article by Alaric Hall; Folklore, Vol. 116, 2005
...Witchcraft Trials. by Alaric Hall Abstract This paper...about the subject: accordingly, I consider here our earliest Scottish...Legendary or Lives of Saints I: MS. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian...283-305. Biographical Note Alaric Hall recently completed a PhD...

The "Enviable Detachment" of the Anthropologist: Barbara Pym's Anthropological Aesthetic
Journal article by Joe B. Fulton; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 39, 2003
Subjects:	Anthropologists--Evaluation, Authors, English--Attitudes, Pym, Barbara--Attitudes
...a degree in Anthropology, but I know the jargon now--as esoteric...except for the hyena," declared Alaric precisely. "Oh, well...instead of observers. Catherine and Alaric, as the representative spectators...cynosure of all suburban eyes: "`I dont know whats going on at Mr...

Ambiguous Guardians: the "Omen of the Wolves" (A.D. 402) and the "Choking Doberman" (1980s)
Journal article by Adrienne Mayor; Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 29, 1992
Subjects:	Folklore
...Jersey, and Bozeman, Montana NOTES I thank Bill Ellis for friendly encouragement...thanks to Josiah Ober, as always . 1. I use the words "omen" and "portent" interchangeably...used for stealing and cutting throats" (I thank John Ma for bringing this episode...

Australian Utopian Literature: An Annotated, Chronological Bibliography 1667-1999
Journal article by Lyman Tower Sargent; Utopian Studies, Vol. 10, 1999
Subjects:	Australia--Literature, Utopias in literature--Bibliography
...listed in the list of references). I also want to thank the staffs...and Shades of Character. Ed. Alaric A. Watts. 2 vols. London: Henry...on birth and death dates, and I have inserted a question mark...Brunton, The Garden of Adam, 1912 Alaric, The Village Commune, 1892...

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Abide with Me
Magazine article by Alaric Wendell Blair; The Advocate, April 13, 1999
Subjects:	Abide with Me (Book), Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
Abide with Me. by Alaric Wendell Blair Anyone interested in the complexities of characters...the trilogy that began with Invisible Life and continued with Just as I Am. Compulsively readable, Harriss last installment is sure to be a...

He Was Warned: Mr. Bush's Defeat Was Predictable but Not Inevitable; All He Needed Was a Change of Heart - and Mind
Magazine article by William Mcgurn; National Review, Vol. 44, November 30, 1992
Subjects:	Bush, George H.W.--Economic policy, United States. Congress--Economic policy
...Hillary makes a more than passable Alaric. I never subscribed to the form of political...disposition, but no matter how bad things are I always hold out the possibility that they may get worse, and I expect full vindication from President...

Friends, Romans or Countrymen? Barbarians in the Empire
Magazine article by Stephen Williams, Gerard Friell; History Today, Vol. 44, July 1994
Subjects:	Barbarian invasions of Rome--History, Germanic tribes--History, Rome (Ancient)--History, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. (Empire)
...occupy the power vacuum. Their leader Alaric had wanted a full Roman generalship, which Theodosius had wisely refused. Alaric now had himself proclaimed king, and...the next fifteen years the volatile Alaric was a very destructive third force...

The Fall of Rome: Beginning in the Fourth Century, an Unprecedented Wave of Immigration Washed over the Roman Empire, Leading to the End of the Empire in the West
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, October 30, 2006
Subjects:	Goths (Germanic people)--History, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy--History
...Goth king was having more luck. This was Alaric, the head of those Goths who had once...live in Italy instead of the Balkans, Alaric led his followers into the Roman homeland...Western Emperor Honorius, first parried Alaric, then partnered with him in an aborted...

Blaming the Barbarians
Magazine article by Michael Parenti; The Humanist, Vol. 58, May-June 1998
Subjects:	Barbarian invasions of Rome--History, Civilization, Western--History, Western culture--History
...looting artifacts and burning books." Here I wish to argue the contrary: if the Irish...misleading. In 410, the Visigoths, led by King Alaric, entered the city in an attempt to force...the killings that ensued. On orders from Alaric, the invaders did little damage to churches...

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I WAS GOING TOO FAST TO STOP AT RED LIGHT; Boxer Khan Tells of Moment His Car Hit Man on Crossing
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), October 23, 2007
Subjects:	Automobiles
...QC, defending, Khan said: "I have very quick reactions due to my sport but it happened so quick I couldnt keep up." Under cross-examination from Alaric Bassano, prosecuting, the boxer did not accept his car was a high-performance vehicle capable of...

Musicians Who Are Also Scientists
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 1, 2005
Subjects:	University of London. Imperial College of Science and Technology
...Imperial College, Alaric has played in a number...trumpet well, he said. "I would train for three hours every time while I was still at the Wells...instrument to play but Alaric manages to play the...complaining. Right now, Alaric is more inclined to play baroque music. "I also listen and play...

A Filipino Musician Comes Home
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 30, 2005
Subjects:	University of London. Imperial College of Science and Technology
...Philippines although I made trips to visit...was no accident that Alaric (which, he says, is...Imperial College London, Alaric cant help but get...instrument. "When I was four, my parents...investment banking." "I dont think any of...a real job," says Alaric matteroffactly. Until...

There's One Born Every Minute
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 15, 2004
...people? Superintendent Alaric Bonthron was thinking...Gullible, foolish - I dont know. Silly certainly...ago. Were down to four, I think - Twilight, Cabaret...looked very respectable, Alaric vaguely remembered. And...This one is typical, Alaric said. Now the man says...

Far from Virginia; in Iraqi Desert, Troops Hanker for Home
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 16, 2004
Subjects:	Williams, John
...doing missions every day. How am I going to keep surviving?" he...return." Throwing rocks Lt. Denn Alaric, an 11-year police veteran from...too close to the convoy. Lt. Alaric suggests the gunners in the back...Throw rocks if you have to. I dont mean boulders," he says...

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Alaric I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ALARIC I al rik, c.370 410, Visigothic...troops serving Emperor Theodosius I. After the emperors death (395) the troops rebelled and chose Alaric as their leader (see Visigoths ). Alaric devastated Thrace, Macedonia, and...

Alaric II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Breviary of Alaric for his Roman subjects. Alarics adherence to Arianism gave Clovis I , king of the Franks, an easy pretext for attacking him in the name of orthodoxy. Alaric was defeated and slain at Vouille (507), and...

Innocent I, Saint
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...letters are an important source for canon law. He vainly tried to prevent the sack of Rome in 410 by the Visigoths under Alaric I . St. Innocent was succeeded by St. Zosimus. Feast: July 28. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...

Clovis I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Burgundians (500) at Dijon and the Visigoths (507) under Alaric II at Vouille. When he died, he was master of most...Charlemagne. He was succeeded by his four sons, Theodoric I , Clodomir, Childebert I , and Clotaire I . See the history of Gregory...

Ataulf
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ATAULF at a lf, d. 415, Visigothic king (410 15). Succeeding his brother-in-law, Alaric I , he abandoned Alarics scheme of southward expansion and led the Visigoths out of Italy into S Gaul (France) in 412. He sought the...

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