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Segeric

Segeric was, according to Jordanes, the king who immediately followed Alaric I as ruler of the Visigoths. He ruled only a short time between the death of Alaric before killed by his soldiers, who acclaimed Alaric's brother Ataulf as the new Visigothic King.

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Segeric was, according to Jordanes, the king who immediately followed Alaric I as ruler of the Visigoths. He ruled only a short time between the death of Alaric (c. late 410) before killed by his soldiers (at some point in early 411), who acclaimed Alaric's brother Ataulf as the new Visigothic King.

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  • Jordanes. History of the Goths in Geary, Patrick J., Readings in Medieval History. p. 97
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