Breviary of Alaric
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The Breviary of Alaric is a collection of Roman law, compiled by Roman jurists and issued by referendary Anianus on the order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the approval of his bishops and
Frontispiece for the Breviary of Alaric painted by Audgarius in a manuscript from 803–814
Excerpt from Codex Theodosianus Book IV in the Breviary of Alaric from a 6th-century manuscript.
Alaric II
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Alaric II was the King of the Visigoths from 484 until his death. He succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths in Toulouse on 28 December 484; he was the great-grandson of the more famous Al
Breviary of Alaric
…Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum) is a collection of Roman law, compiled by Roman jurists and issued by referendary Anianus on the order of Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, with the approval of his bishops and nobles. It was promulgated on 2 February 506, the 22nd year of his reign. It applied not…
A ring depicting Alaric II
Speculative portrait by Carlos Esquivel y Rivas, 1856