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Alaric

[ al-er-ik ]

noun

  1. a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.


Alaric

/ ˈælərɪk /

noun

  1. Alaric?370410MVisigothicPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?370–410 ad , king of the Visigoths, who served under the Roman emperor Theodosius I but later invaded Greece and Italy, capturing Rome in 410


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According to one of the historians of that time, among the chiefs of Alaric's horde a Garibaldi commanded a "squadra."

Alaric advances in Italy, and Stilicho prepares to resist him.

Assuredly the situation was charged with potentialities, but from such Alaric Denham, recognising, did not shrink.

What if Alaric were delivered over to the authorities, might it not be that the evidence would not be strong enough?

This hateful fiend had got Alaric into his power to compass his own object, and that object—good Heavens!

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