Alaric I was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to leadership of the Goths who came to occupy Moesia—territory acquired a couple of decades earlier by a combined force of Goths and Alans after the Battle of Adrianople.
- Occupation
- sovereign, military leader
- Position held
- magister militum, king of Wisigoths, Dux, magister militum per Illyricum
- Born
- 400, 370
- Died
- December 410