When Alaric, warrior-chief of the Visigoth nation, died of disease in A.D. 410, his people buried him in their traditional way: laying his body in a riverbed and allowing the current to cover it with ...

A review of Alaric the Goth: An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome, by Douglas Boin. In 410 AD, Alaric I, King of the Visigoths, breached Rome’s walls, likely with the aid of collaborators, and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The intricately carved handle of this ...

The sack of Rome by Alaric and his Goths has exerted an outsize influence on the Western imagination. It was a devastating event, and sent psychological aftershocks across the empire. On the night of ...