The Sack of Rome

Alaric led his men out of rome, laden with treasure. He planned to launch an invasion of north africa. But the cobbled together gothic fleet of mostly stolen ships hid a storm almost as soon as they launched. While the goths regrouped and planned their next move, alaric caught a fever and he died. Fearful that their dead leader's body would be desecrated if left out in the open, the goths diverted the course of a nearby river,. buried alaric in the dry bed and then returned the stream to its natural course. Neither alaric nor the hoard of treasure that would have presumably been buried with him