Alaric I was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to leadership of the Goths who came to occupy Moesia—territory acquired a couple of decades earlier by a combined force of Goths and Alans after the Battle of Adrianople. c. 370 – 410; died at about 40. Alive at the same time as Augustine of Hippo, Hypatia, Ausonius, Jerome, and John Chrysostom. Wiki link