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378 Aug 9 |
In the Battle of Adrianople the Visigoth Calvary defeated Roman Army. Links: Visigoths 
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402 Apr 6 |
Battle at Pollentia: Roman army under Stilicho beat the Visigoths. Links: Visigoths
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410 Aug 24 |
Rome was overrun by the Visigoths, an event that symbolized the fall of the Western Roman Empire. German barbarians sacked Rome. In 2020 Douglas Boin authored "Alaric the Goth". Links: Italy, Germany, Romans, Visigoths
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451 Jun 20 |
Roman and Barbarian warriors halted Attila’s army at the Catalaunian Plains (Catalarinische Fields) in eastern France. Attila the Hun was defeated by a combined Roman and Visigoth army. Theodoric I, the Visigothic king, was killed. The Huns moved south into Italy but were defeated again. Some sources date this on Sep 20. Attila and his brother Bleda jointly inherited the Hunnish Kingdom, headquartered in what later became Hungary. Attila later murdered Bleda to gain full control. Links: France, Hungary, Romans, Visigoths
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451 Jun 20 |
Theodoric I (b.390), King of the Visigoths from 418 to 451, died while defeat Attila (the Hun) at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains. Links: France, Romans, Visigoths
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587 |
Recared, Leovigild's heir, was converted to Catholicism and removed the barriers between Goths and the Hispano-Romans. Links: Visigoths
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633 |
In Spain the 4th Synod of Toledo took on the right to confirm elected kings. Jews were obliged to be baptized. The vernacular language, of Latin origin, prevailed over that of the Visigoths. Links: Visigoths
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711 Jul 19 |
The Muslim troops crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoth king Rodrigo at the battle of Guadalete. Berbers under Tarik-ibn Ziyad occupied Northern Spain. The Umayyads with the help of the Berbers in North Africa moved across the Strait of Gibraltar and began the conquest of Spain and Portugal. The word Gibraltar comes from the term Jabal-al-Tarik, which means the hill of Tarik. Gebel-al-Tarik means "Rock of Tarik." Links: Visigoths
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712 |
Muza ben-Nosair completed the Muslim conquest. End of Visigothic period. Links: Visigoths
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784 |
The Emir 'Abd al-Rahman I purchased the christian half of a Catholic church built by the Visigoths, which had been shared following the Muslim conquest of Spain in 711. He then destroyed the church and built the Great Mosque of Cordoba. In 1236 it was reverted to a Catholic church as the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. Links: Spain, Visigoths, Islam, Religion
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