Euric

Japanese: エウリック（英語表記）Euric

?‐484
King of the Visigoths. Reigned 466-484. In the second half of the 5th century, as the Western Roman Empire was on the decline, he expanded his power from southwestern France to Provence and then to the Iberian Peninsula. He abolished his alliance with the Roman emperor and strengthened his independent tendencies, building the kingdom at its height. He was expected to play a powerful mediator among neighboring powers, and was praised by the proud Roman poet Sidonius Apollinaris as the strongest king in the Western world. The Codex Euricianus (c. 475), known as the oldest written law in the Germanic world, is said to have been compiled by Roman bureaucrats and to have been heavily influenced by Roman law, although it contains ancient customary law.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

？‐484
西ゴート族の王。在位466‐484年。5世紀後半，西ローマ帝国が滅亡に向かう時期に，フランス南西部の一帯からプロバンス地方，さらにイベリア半島へと勢力を拡大し，ローマ皇帝との盟約関係を廃棄して独立的な傾向を強め，王国の最盛期を築いた。近隣の諸勢力から有力な調停者としての役割を期待され，誇り高いローマ人詩人シドニウス･アポリナリスからも，西方世界の最強の王と称えられた。ゲルマン世界の最古の成文法として知られる《エウリック王法典Codex Euricianus》(475ころ)は，古来の慣習法を含んではいるものの，ローマ人官僚によって編纂され，ローマ法の影響を強く受けたものといわれる。

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