Kings

Alaric is a Germanic name that, broken into its parts means Ala: "everyone's" and ric: "ruler". This has various forms in the several Germanic languages, such as Alareiks in the original Gothic and Alrekr in Old Norse. Modern Germanic languages render it as Alarich or Alarik. In Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish it is Alarico. But Alaric is the form used in modern English, an adaptation of the Latinization of the Gothic (Alaricus). Old Norse or Danish tongue is the Germanic language once spoken by the inhabitants of the Nordic countries (for instance during the Viking Age). ...

There were two Visigothic kings with this name: Migrations The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ...

• Alaric I who reigned from 395–410 CE, prominent for the Sack of Rome (410)
• Alaric II who reigned from 485–507 CE
  • The Breviary of Alaric is a collection of Roman law, compiled by order of Alaric II.

There was one legendary king of Sweden by the name Alrek. An 1894 photogravure of Alaric I taken from a painting by Ludwig Thiersch. ... The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. ... Alaric II, also known as Alarik, Alarich, and Alarico in Spanish or Alaricus in Latin (d. ... The Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by order of Alaric II, king of the Visigoths, with the advice of his bishops and nobles, in the year 506, the twenty-second year of his reign. ... Alrik and Erik fighting Alrek and Eirík (Old Norse Alrekr and Eiríkr ) were two legendary kings of Sweden. ...

Journalists

• Alaric Jacob, a British journalist, most active in the period 1940-1960.
• Alaric Alexander Watts (1797-1864), a British poet and journalist.

Alaric Jacob was a British Journalist, most active in the period 1940-1960. ... Alaric Alexander Watts (1797 - 1864), poet, born in London, had an active career as a journalist. ...

Fictional characters

• Alaric Morgan is the seventh Duke of Corwyn in the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz.
• Alaric the Mad is a master dwarven rune smith in the Warhammer Fantasy realm.
• Alaric, Duke of Dunstable is a character in a number of P. G. Wodehouse's 'Blandings Castle' novels.
• Richard Alaric Zeeman is a Werewolf clan leader in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter Hunter Novels by Laurell K. Hamilton.

In the fictional universe of the Deryni novels of Katherine Kurtz, Alaric Morgan is the seventh Duke of Corwyn. ... Alaric the Mad is a character referenced in the Warhammer Fantasy realm. ... P. G. Wodehouse, pictured in 1904, became famous for his complex plots, ingenious wordplay, and prolific output Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975) (IPA: ) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success for more than seventy years. ...

Other

• Alaric Tokpa, a politician in Liberia.
• HMS Alaric (P441) was a submarine of the British Royal Navy.

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