Visigothic king. He is said to have gained the throne by assassinating his brother Theodoric. He consolidated the West Gothic empire in Gaul, and continued the work of conquest which his brother had begun in Spain, by defeating the Suevi and bidding defiance to the waning Roman power. He aspired to be a legislator as well as successful warrior, and was the first king to give the West Goths written laws. He died at Arles.
