Euric

Euric

▪ king of Visigoths
born 420
died 484

      king of a great Visigothic realm (usually called the kingdom of Toulouse) in the western part of the Roman Empire that included what is now southwestern France (south of the Loire and west of the Rhône) and most of Spain. He is best known for the code of law that bears his name, the Code of Euric.

      Euric ascended the throne after assassinating his brother, King Theodoric II, at the Visigothic capital of Toulouse (466). He ruled as a federate of the Roman Empire until 475, when he was recognized as an independent king. He continued to defy Roman authority by extending his boundaries in Gaul and on the Iberian Peninsula for the remainder of his reign. His forces built fortifications at several key locations throughout the empire.

      The code of law that Euric had Roman jurists compile for his use was memorable in that it acknowledged the rights of his Roman as well as his Gothic subjects. The palimpsest manuscript of the code is preserved in Paris, though some scholars would attribute this text to Euric's son Alaric II.

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