Alaric II., eighth king of the Visigoths, succeeded his father in 484 A.D. His dominions comprised all Gaul beyond the Loire and Rhine, and most of Spain. He was an Arian, and this gave the orthodox Clovis, king of France, an excuse for making war on the heretic. Alaric's forces were completely routed near Poitiers, and he himself was overtaken and slain by the hand of Clovis (507). See GOTHs.
Alaric II.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 119–120
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