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Alaric II

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alaric II d. 507, Visigothic king of Spain and of S Gaul (c.484-507), son and successor of Euric. He issued (506) at Toulouse the Breviary of Alaric for his Roman subjects. Alaric's adherence to Arianism gave Clovis I , king of the Franks, an easy pretext for attacking him in the name of orthodoxy. Alaric was defeated and slain at Vouillé (507), and the Visigoths lost all their possessions in Gaul except Septimania. Author not available, ALARIC II. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Breviary of Alaric
Breviary of Alaric , Visigothic code of Roman law issued (506) by King Alaric II for his Roman subjects in Spain and S Gaul. It is also known as the Lex Romana Visigothorum. Based largely on the Theodosian Code...Breviary remained influential in preserving Roman law in the S and E of France. See Germanic ... Read more
Euric
...the Visigoths (466-c.484), brother and successor of Theodoric II. He made Toulouse his capital and under him the Visigothic kingdom...codification of Visigothic law. He was succeeded by his son Alaric II . Author not available, EURIC. , The Columbia Encyclopedia... Read more

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