Euric

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Euric was a powerful 5th-century Visigothic king who greatly expanded his realm in Gaul and Hispania and helped establish one of the first post-Roman barbarian kingdoms in Western Europe.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Euric canonical 10
King of the Visigoths 3
King Euric of the Visigoths 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Visigothic king
historical figure
monarch
birthCentury 5th century
capital Toulouse
conflict conflicts with the Suebi
wars with the Western Roman Empire
country Visigothic Kingdom
deathDate 484
deathPlace Arelate
Arles
era Late Antiquity
ethnicity Visigoth
expandedInto Aquitaine
large parts of the Iberian Peninsula
most of southern Gaul
father Theodemir
historicalPeriod Migration Period in Europe
surface form: Migration Period
knownFor asserting independence from the Western Roman Empire
military campaigns against the Romans
military campaigns against the Suebi in Hispania
territorial expansion of the Visigothic Kingdom to its greatest extent in Gaul
languageUsed Gothic
Latin
legalAct Code of Euric
notableFor consolidation of one of the first post-Roman barbarian kingdoms in Western Europe
expansion of Visigothic power in Gaul
expansion of Visigothic power in Hispania
promulgation of the Code of Euric
weakening of Western Roman imperial authority in Gaul
positionHeld King of the Visigoths
predecessor Theodoric II
regionRuled Gaul
Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Hispania
reignEnd 484
reignStart 466
religion Arianism
surface form: Arian Christianity
royalHouse Balti dynasty
sibling Theodoric II
significance helped shape the transition from Roman to post-Roman political structures in Western Europe
successor Alaric II
title Rex Visigothorum

Referenced by (14)

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Reccared I positionHeld Euric
this entity surface form: King of the Visigoths
Breviary of Alaric promulgatedByTitle Euric
this entity surface form: King of the Visigoths
Alaric the Goth positionHeld Euric
this entity surface form: King of the Visigoths
Theodoric I child Euric
Theodoric II successor Euric
Theodoric II sibling Euric
Theodoric II killedBy Euric
Alaric II father Euric
Alaric II predecessor Euric
Code of Euric author Euric
Code of Euric promulgatedBy Euric
this entity surface form: King Euric of the Visigoths
Anthemiolus opponent Euric
Thorismund sibling Euric