. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. ingsof the Barbarian Kingdoms ( 410-45i).3—We must nowturn our eyes from Rome and Italy in order to watch themovement of events in the western provinces of the the forty years following the sack of Rome byAlaric, the German tribes seized the greater part of theseprovinces and established in them what are known as the Barbarian Kingdoms. The Goths who had pillaged Rome and Italy, after thedeath of their great chieftain Alaric (par. 275), under thelead of his successors, Ataulf4 and Wallia, recrossed the Al
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. ingsof the Barbarian Kingdoms ( 410-45i).3—We must nowturn our eyes from Rome and Italy in order to watch themovement of events in the western provinces of the the forty years following the sack of Rome byAlaric, the German tribes seized the greater part of theseprovinces and established in them what are known as the Barbarian Kingdoms. The Goths who had pillaged Rome and Italy, after thedeath of their great chieftain Alaric (par. 275), under thelead of his successors, Ataulf4 and Wallia, recrossed the Alps,and establishing their camps in the south of Gaul and thenorth of Spain, set up finally in those regions what isknown as the Kingdom of the Visigoths or West Goths (seeaccompanying map). 2 For later movements of the Visigoths7see par. 276. 3 We choose these dates for the reason that they set off the intervalbetween two great events, namely, the sack of Rome by Alaric () and the battle of Chalons (par. 277). 4 Adolf, Adolfihus, are other forms of the
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