Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Alaric II.

ALARIC II., eighth King of the Visigoths, ruled, from 484 onward, Gaul S. of the Loire, and most of Spain. An Arian, he was attacked, completely routed near Poitiers, and slain by the orthodox Clovis, King of the Franks (507).

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