Events Tagged: "Alaric"

Eleusinian Mysteries ended - Alaric the Goth destroys sanctuary, 2000-year tradition ends, last hierophant laments gods have abandoned Greece

St. Innocent I becomes fortieth pope - claims universal papal authority, negotiates with Alaric

Clovis declares war on Visigoths - claims divine mission to defeat Arian heretics, Byzantine Emperor supports with fleet

Battle of Vouillé - Clovis personally kills Alaric II in combat, Visigoths driven into Spain, Aquitaine becomes Frankish