Everything You Need to Know About King Alaric!

Alaric I (r. 394-410 CE) was a Gothic military leader who is best known for attacking Rome in 410 CE, the city's first sacking in over 800 years. Although nothing is known about his family, we do know that he rose to become the Tervingi and Greuthungi tribes' chief (later known as the Visigoth and Ostrogoth, respectively). He led his fellow Goths on a rampage through the Balkans and into Italy, sacking Rome's capital and then advancing south before dying in 410 CE. Following Alaric's death, Athaulf, Alaric's brother-in-law, led the Goths into Gaul.