'''Alaric I''' was King of the [[Visigoths]] in the early 5th century AD. He led them, when quite an old warrior, into the Italian peninsula, and they took and sacked [[Rome]] in AD 410, an event seen by many as being a sign that the World was about to end. Alaric was an [[Arian]] [[Christian]] and did not permit his warriors to loot or destroy the City's churches. They did not remain in Rome, but moved south, attempting, it is said, to reach [[North Africa]]. But Alaric died, and was buried in a river bed (the river being temporarily diverted for this purpose) with much treasure. His name in Gothic was probably 'Alareiks'.
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