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ALARIC (Gothic language: Ala-reiks, "All-ruler"), (around 370-410 C.E.), the first Teutonic leader who stood as a conqueror |
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Alaric (Gothic language: Ala-reiks, "All-ruler"), (around A.D. 370-410), the first Teutonic leader who stood as a conqueror |
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In the year 394 he served as a general of foederati (Germanic |
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In the year 394 he served as a general of foederati? (Germanic |
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The employment of barbarians as foederati, became a common practice with the emperors in the 4th century. The provincial population, crushed under a load of taxation, could no longer furnish soldiers in the numbers required for the defence of the empire; and on the other hand, the emperors, ever fearful that a brilliantly successful general of Roman extraction might be proclaimed Augustus by his followers, preferred that high military command should be in the hands of a man to whom such an accession of dignity was as yet impossible. But there was obviously a danger that one day a barbarian leader of barbarian troops in the service of the empire might turn his armed force and |
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The employment of barbarians as foederati, became a common practice with the emperors in the 4th century. The provincial population, crushed under a load of taxation, could no longer furnish soldiers in the numbers required for the defence of the empire; and on the other hand, the emperors, ever fearful that a brilliantly successful general of Roman extraction might be proclaimed Augustus by his followers, preferred that high military command should be in the hands of a man to whom such an accession of dignity was as yet impossible. But there was obviously a danger that one day a barbarian leader of barbarian troops in the service of the empire might turn his armed force and |
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Radagaisus. Supernatural influences were not wanting to |
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Radagaisus?. Supernatural influences were not wanting to |
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by Stilicho at Pollentia (a Roman municipality in what is now Piedmont), and the battle which then followed on the 6th of |
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by Stilicho at Pollentia? (a Roman municipality in what is now Piedmont?), and the battle which then followed on the 6th of |
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facilitated the great invasion of Vandals, Suevi and Alani |
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facilitated the great invasion of Vandals, Suevi? and Alani? |
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of more than a quarter of a million sterling, besides precious |
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of more than a quarter of a million sterling, (question for reviewers: did sterling have a meaning in late Roman context, or has the 1911 author helpfully converted some Roman amount to 1911 British pounds sterling? This should be checked against other sources) besides precious |
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from Constantinople to his assistance by his nephew [[Theodosius II]]. Alaric therefore cashiered his puppet emperor Attalus |
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from Constantinople to his assistance by his nephew [Theodosius II]?. Alaric therefore cashiered his puppet emperor Attalus |
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to reopen negotiations with Honorius. These negotiatio1(s |
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to reopen negotiations with Honorius. These negotiations |
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to the better feelings of the Cothic soldier who attempted |
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to the better feelings of the Gothic soldier who attempted |
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the case of Sallust's palace, which was situated close to |
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the case of Sallust?'s palace, which was situated close to |
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the river-bed of the Busento, the stream being temporarily |
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the river-bed of the Busento?, the stream being temporarily |
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command of the Gothic army by his brotherin-law, Ataulphus., |
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command of the Gothic army by his brotherin-law, Ataulphus?., |
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See also: Alaric II |
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