Talk:Alaric I
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An event mentioned in this article is an August 24 selected anniversary.
From the previous version:
- "After much bargaining, the famine-stricken citizens agreed to pay a ransom 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 garments of silk and leather and three thousand pounds of pepper. Thus ended Alaric's first siege of Rome."
I stumbled across the primary source that provided this figure for the 1911 EB author today, & it stated that the Romans paid Alaric 2000 pound of gold -- pounds as in measure of weight, not the currency.
If you can phrase this better in the text, please make the change. -- llywrch 06:08 Nov 21, 2002 (UTC)
The "Alaricus" article, which now redirects to "Alaric", contained the following text before it was redirected:
- Alarico - the Barbarian who Humiliated Rome
- Between the Visigodos heads who assediaram the Roman Empire, none was of the dimension of Alarico. The principle gave services to the Emperor of the Ocidente, Honório, in exchange for an annual soldier's pay. But Alarico early became a threat. Its true name would be Ala-Reik and would have lived of 376 the 410. Coming to grips itself with the Emperor of the East, Arcádio, Alarico it reached with its troops the peninsula Greek and intended to destroy Constantinopla.
- Thanks to the troops of Estilicão (another Barbarian the service of the Empire of the East), Alarico was withheld with its thousand of soldiers. Defeated, it is turned toward west and it advances through the Alps, of the plain of the Dust and the Apeninos, in direction Rome. Its troops had been increased with the Barbarians of Estilicão, after the murder of this, the control of Arcádio.Alarico besieges Rome, leaving it without foods. Beyond the hunger, it starts to spread over the city a plague epidemic, result of the thousands of insepultos corpses. The Romans, desperate, suffocate its pride and beg the Alarico that if removes. The Visigodos head demands, for this, all the other and silver of the city as rescue, beyond the release of about 40 a thousand barbarous slaves. To disappointed ambassadors Roman, that had asked to it "that in you leave them, therefore", he answered simply: "the life...".
- Later, another time Alarico besieges Rome, that falls in day 24 of August of 410. 3 days of booty and bloody slaughter are followed, of which had participated the 40 a thousand freed slaves of the previous small farm.
- To follow Alarico one leaves for the south of Italy, intending to attack Sicily. It dies, however, to the 34 years, without reaching its objective. It was embedded, together with great addition of gold and silver,in the riverbed Busento, deviated of its course for the slaves, for the burial. After the return of waters its normal course, the slaves had been beheaded, guaranteeing itself, thus, the final rest of Alarico against the breaking of the sepulture for the enemies.
You know, just in case anyone wants to salvage anything from it for this article. -- Oliver P. 06:17 10 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Move from Alaric to Alaric I
I have moved this article from Alaric to Alaric I, and made Alaric into a disambiguation page, because Alaric can refer to more than one person. Granted, Alaric the Goth who sacked Rome was the most notable person of that name. However, Alaric I is an appropriate title for this individual -- even Encyclopedia Britannica uses "Alaric I" as their name for him on Britannica.com . All links to Alaric have been fixed in the corrsponding articles. Kevyn 12:00, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
