Alaric Ii
Alaric II was king of the Visigoths from 484 to 507 , is owned by the royal dynasty Gothic and sacred Balthas. He succeeded his father Euric. He reigns over most of Spain (only the northwestern part missing from his possessions), on Aquitaine and most of Provence. Alaric is a Christian denomination Arian. It is less intolerant vis--vis his father Euric Catholics. It also allows them to take in 506 a council at Agde.
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In 500 , Alaric lives in Arles where he holds court, where he hosts sent Gondebald , a Gallic aristocrat Aridius, and form an alliance with the Burgundian king then besieged in Avignon , in the conflict between the latter and his brother the Franks , but in fact he wants to annex the Gothic part of Gaul.
The defeat of Alaric could be explained by the fact that the Visigoth king probably did not have the completeness of its elite troops, or the entire heavy cavalry Visigoths, who had been sent to Spain. Indeed, Alaric Visigoth settlement had begun in northern Spain since the year 490. To address the lack of men, he had enlisted many Gallo-Roman pro Visigoths, including Arverni , but few experienced and combative. In addition, the reinforcements Ostrogothic promised by Theodoric , did not come, stuck in Italy due to risk of attack Byzantium.
Notes
- Justin Favrod - The Burgundians: a forgotten kingdom in the heart of Europe - p.80
- a and b Gregory of Tours , History of the Franks, Book II
- Cassiodorus , Varior., lib. III, Epist. III
See also
- Michel Rouche , Clovis, Editions Fayard, 1996 ( ISBN 2-213-59632-8 ) .
- Justin Favrod - The Burgundians: A Lost Kingdom in the heart of Europe - Press polytechnics and universities in Western Switzerland, collection "Swiss Knowledge" - Lausanne, 2002 - ( ISBN 2880745969 )
- Dumezil Bruno Michel Rouche (ed.), The Breviary of Alaric. The Origins of the Civil Code, Paris, PUPS, 2008
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| Preceded by | Alaric II | Followed by | ||
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| Euric |
| Geisalic |
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