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T IS TOLD THAT ALARICO, KING OF THE VISIGOTS, WAS BURIED IN THE CONFLUENCE OF CRATI AND BUSENTO RIVERS IN 410 Before CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH HIS HORSE AND HIS TREASURE. THAT TREASURE , ESTIMATED TO BE THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, WAS TAKEN BY THE BARBARIAN DURING THE SO-CALLED "SACK OF ROME". THE ESTIMATION OF THE TREASURE WAS COUNTING 25 TONS OF GOLD , 150 OF SILVER AND COUNTLESS MEMORABILIA EQUAL TO 275 BILLION EURO. IT IS TOLD THAT THE BED OF THE BUSENTO RIVER HAD BEEN TEMPORARILY DEVIATED TO BE THEN REDIRECTED TO THE ORIGINAL BED, TO HIDE EVERY TRACE OF THE BURIAL. COUNTLESS SEARCHES FOR THE TREASURE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED . FROM DUMAS WHO, IN 1835, IN COSENZA, FOUND A CROWD DIGGING THE DRIED BED UNTIL THE NAZI GENERAL HIMMLER, WHO WAS SENT TO SEEK THE TREASURE, ALARICO WAS CONSIDERED AN ANCESTOR OF THE ARIANS. THE TREASURE BECAME AN OBSESSION FOR THE NAZIS, THAT THEY CALLED THE PLAN AIMING TO TAKE CONTROL OF ITALY DURING WORLD WAR II "OPERATION ALARICO". THE MYTH OF ALARICO ATTRACTS MANY PERSONALITIES, ANTHROPOLOGY EXPERTS, ZOOLOGISTS AND SO ON. IT INSPIRED AUGUST VON PLATEN TO WRITE SOME VERSES, THEN TRANSLATED BY GIOSUE ’CARDUCCI: THE TOMB IN THE BUSENTO. REPORTAGES AND INQUIRIES HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS STORY BY WELL-KNOWN INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, INCLUDING "THE TIME" AND "THE TELEGRAPH" . IN 2015, THE MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION, REQUESTED TO START THE WORK TO SEARCH THE SITE. THE RESEARCHES WERE REJECTED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCES.