Alaric
['ælərik]
Definition
(noun.) king of the Visigoths who captured Rome in 410 (370-410).
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Examples
- Ravenna, near the head of the Adriatic, was the capital of the last Roman emperors in the time of Alaric and Stilicho. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alaric made a puppet of the eastern monarch and Stilicho of the western. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alaric and Goth marched down Italy, and after a short siege captured Rome (410). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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