Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Alaric I

Battles of Alaric I

King of the Visigoths, AD 400 to AD 410

Alaric I is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 394 and AD 409: 4 battles and 1 siege across 2 present-day countries, most in Italy (4), Slovenia (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,180 km apart end to end, 295 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Gothic War of 401–403 (3), Gothic War of 408–416 (1).

Battle of the FrigidusSiege of AstiBattle of PollentiaBattle of VeronaBattle of OstiaBattle of the FrigidusSiege of AstiBattle of PollentiaBattle of VeronaBattle of OstiaGenevaMilanFlorenceLjubljanaTurinNiceGenoaBolognaGrenobleToulon200 km43.802N, 10.893E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 394: 1 engagementsAD 402: 3 engagements3 in AD 402AD 409: 1 engagementsAD 394AD 409
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of the Frigidus, AD 394Siege of Asti, AD 402Battle of Pollentia, AD 402Battle of Verona, AD 402Battle of Ostia, AD 409AD 394AD 409
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
5 September AD 394Battle of the FrigidusVipava Valley, SloveniaTheodosian victory
AD 402Siege of AstiAsti, Italy460 km WRoman victory
6 April AD 402Battle of PollentiaBra, Italy36 km SWRoman victory
May AD 402Battle of VeronaVerona, Italy259 km ERoman victory
AD 409Battle of OstiaLido di Ostia, Italy424 km SVisigothic victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Upload by Basilio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.