The Burial of Alaric in the Bed of the Busentinus Small 320×300 Medium 640×600 Large 1024×960 Download Tiff Original 2400×2250 | (3.8 MB) Description "In order that [Alaric's] body might be saved from the gaze of the vulgar and the rage of his foes, he gave direction that it should be buried in the bed of the river Busentinus."—Ridpath, 1885 Keywords alaric, ancient, burial, buried, busentinus, busentinus river, death, Italy, Roman, Rome Galleries Roman Empire Source: Ridpath, John Clark Cyclopedia of Universal History (Cincinnati, OH: The Jones Brothers Publishing CO., 1885)
