Alarico I, caudillo, rey de los VISIGODOS
Life
<p class="biog" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">(Perice, actual Rumania, 370 - Cosenza, actual Italia, 410) Rey visigodo (396-410). Alarico luchó en su juventud al lado de los romanos, a las órdenes de <a style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #258cb0;" href="https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/t/teodosio.htm">Teodosio I el Grande</a>, pero a la muerte del emperador decidió actuar por cuenta propia. En el año 396 arrasó Grecia y amenazó Constantinopla; pero, tras ser atacado por <a style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #258cb0;" href="https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/e/estilicon.htm">Estilicón</a>, general romano de origen vándalo que servía a Honorio, emperador de Occidente, se vio forzado a replegarse.</p>rder: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">En el año 400 Alarico marchó sobre Italia, para ser detenido de nuevo por Estilicón, quien lo derrotó en Pollentia y Verona, y lo forzó a retirarse a Iliria (403). Después de la ejecución de Estilicón (407), ordenada por Honorio, el ejército del romano se disgregó, y Alarico pudo avanzar sin oposición por Italia.</p>herit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">En el 410 puso sitio a Roma, esperando alcanzar un acuerdo con <a style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #258cb0;" href="https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/h/honorio_flavio.htm">Honorio</a> que permitiese a los visigodos establecerse dentro de las fronteras del imperio. Honorio se negó a negociar y Alarico, enfurecido, ordenó asaltar la Ciudad Eterna. Roma fue tomada y saqueada, hechos que provocaron una terrible impresión en el imperio. A continuación, Alarico intentó pasar a África, con la intención de instalarse allí, pero un temporal se lo impidió, muriendo a causa de las fiebres pocos días después. Su cuñado <a style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #258cb0;" href="https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/a/ataulfo.htm">Ataúlfo</a> le sucedió en el trono visigodo.</p>ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 21px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: justify; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #dddddd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Fernández, Tomás y Tamaro, Elena. «</span><span id="perscita" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Biografia de Alarico I</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #dddddd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">». En </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Biografías y Vidas. La enciclopedia biográfica en línea</em><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #dddddd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> [Internet]. Barcelona, España, 2004. Disponible en </span><a id="urlcita" class="break" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #258cb0; word-break: break-all; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal;" href="https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/a/alarico.htm">https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/a/alarico.htm</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #dddddd; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"> </span></p>
María Beatriz · October 22, 2026
Documents
Certificates, letters, a passport.
Links and sources
Wikipedia, the archive, a newspaper library.