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Visigoths

Germanic people of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages

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394–752 CE
Religion
Visigothic arianism

Overview

The Visigoths (; Latin: Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were a Gothic people who emerged in the Balkans during late antiquity. Probably descended from the Thervingi who entered the Roman Empire in 376 and defeated the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople (378), they were first united under Alaric I (395–410), whose forces alternately fought and allied with Rome before famously sacking the city in 410.

In 418, the Visigoths were settled as foederati in southern Gaul, establishing a kingdom with its capital at Toulouse. From there they expanded into Hispania, displacing the Suebi and Vandals. Defeat by the Franks under Clovis I at the Battle of Vouillé (507) ended Visigothic rule in Gaul, but the kingdom consolidated in Spain and Portugal, where it endured for two centuries.

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Records (27)

  1. 394 CE — Battle of the FrigidusBattle
  2. 402 CE — Battle of PollentiaBattle
  3. 402 CE — Battle of VeronaBattle
  4. 402 CE — Siege of AstiBattle
  5. 402 CE — Siege of MediolanumSiege
  6. 408 CE — Siege of NarniSiege
  7. 409 CE — Battle of PisaBattle
  8. 409 CE — Battle of the Via FlaminiaBattle
  9. 409 CE — Battle of TusciaBattle
  10. 409 CE — Battle of OstiaBattle
  11. 410 CE — Siege of RavennaSiege
  12. 411–413 CE — War of JovinusWar
  13. 413 CE — Siege of MassiliaSiege
  14. 414 CE — Siege of BazasSiege
  15. 416–418 CE — Gothic War in Spain of 416-418War
  16. 425–426 CE — Gothic revolt of Theodoric IRebellion
  17. 430 CE — Gothic War of 430War
  18. 436–437 CE — Battle of NarbonneBattle
  19. 436–439 CE — Gothic War (436-439)War
  20. 449–454 CE — Bagaudae UprisingRebellion
  21. 456 CE — Gothic War in Spain of 456War
  22. 507 CE — Battle of VouilleBattle
  23. 512 CE — Battle of BarcelonaBattle
  24. 712–713 CE — Conquest of MéridaSiege
  25. 713 CE — Capture of MálagaBattle
  26. 719 CE — Siege of NarbonneSiege
  27. 752–759 CE — Siege of NarbonneBattle

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