Where is the fabulous treasure of Alaric ?
Alaric I, the king of Wisigoths has sacked and spoiled Rome in 410AD.
When he left Rome, Alaric had amassed a great amount of treasure from his conquest of the city.
As legend has it Alaric left the city of Rome and headed south to take his troops into North Africa. On his journey he encountered a terrible storm that caused him to abandon his conquest of North Africa. He retreated and began to head back north through the region of Calabria. When they reached the area of Cosentia, Bruttium, which is now called Cosenza, he died. No one is for certain how this happened. Some believe he contracted a disease that ultimately took his life. Others feel that his death came from an attack by enemy forces. In any event his troops honored their King by burying him in a tomb. This was no normal tomb. The legend of his burial place is said to have been at the confluence of the Busento and Crati rivers. A horde of slaves were used to divert the water from the Busento allowing them to dig a tomb large enough for Alaric, his horse and a treasure amassed from his conquests. Once the tomb was completed the river was returned to its original site and Alaric's tomb was covered with water. To ensure that no one would reveal this location to anyone Alaric's troops had all of the slaves killed. But the wisigoths have certainly not buried all their treasure.
Alaric II ( a later succesor of Alaric I) was in Carcassonne in 507. Before the battle of Vouill�, he has said to his wife to bring his treasure (the greatest part of the spoiled of Rome in 410) in his palace in Barcelona. But many people thinks that the treasure is still in the south of France.

The treasure may be :
- In Alaric I 's tomb in Cosentia
- in Rennes le Ch�teau
- in the Alaric mountain, see :
http://www.corbieresweb.com/english/terroirs/montagne/index.htm
- In Iteuil
- In Carcassonne