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Euric first codified Visigothic law, but the Breviary of Alaric (506), a codification of Roman law for Visigothic use, had tremendous influence among the Visigoths and among many other barbarian peoples.

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The most important rulers of Toulouse were Theodoric I, (419–51), who fell in the battle of Châlons, and Euric, (466–84), whose reign marked the apogee of the kingdom.

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In the time of Euric (466–84) the Visigothic rule extended from the Loire to Gibraltar and from the Bay of Biscay to the Rhône.

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Gallo-Roman resistance to Gothic expansion. 20 In agreement with this policy, Euric exiled

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Christianity at Bourges: after 476, Euric had exiled the orthodox bishop of Bourges and made the city the center of his administration over Aquitania Prima. 37 Thus, the whole episode underscored Sidonius's loyalty to orthodox Christianity and his opposition to Arianism and the Gothic conquests.

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Clermont. 21 Euric ceased his anti-Catholic policy soon after the Gallo-Roman bishops recognized his conquests. 22 In the final analysis,

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Sidonius exhorted the negotiators with Euric to win one fundamental concession: "that episcopal ordination being permitted we may hold according to the faith, though we cannot hold according to the treaty (teneamus ex fide, etsi non tenemus ex fodere), those peoples of Gaul who are enclosed within the bounds of the Gothic domain."

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Although Euric left only those bishoprics vacant that were centers of political resistance, Sidonius portrayed Euric's conquests as an Arian holy war against Christian orthodoxy:

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Euric left vacant about one-quarter of the Gallo-Roman sees, since they had become centers of

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Euric was dominus of a "conquered world," and all of Gaul was subjected to the feodifraga gens (treaty-breaking race) of the

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