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379 Theodosius I makes peace with king Fritigern
of the Visigoths.
380 Athanaric
becomes king of the Visigoths upon Fritigern
's death.
395 Alaric
the Visigoth, general of the ''foederati'', renounces Roman fealty and is declared King, waging war against both parts of the Empire, and ending a sixteen year period of peace between Romans and Visigoths.
396 End of the Visigoth invasion in Greece
.
402 June: Battle of Verona between Alaric
the Visigoth and Stilicho
409 Visigothic
King Alaric I
lays siege to Rome a second time; with agreement of the Senate
he sets up Priscus Attalus
as western emperor
410 Visigoths' sack of Rome
ends. They depart with countless valuables, including spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem
brought to Rome
by Titus
. This marks the first time since 390 BC that Rome
had been sacked.
416 The Visigoths continue their invasion of Hispania
.
419 Theodorid succeeds Wallia
as king of the Visigoths.
419 Died
453 Theodoric II succeeds his brother Thorismund as king of the Visigoths.
466 Euric
succeeds his brother Theodorid II as king of the Visigoths.
484 Alaric II
succeeds Euric
as king of the Visigoths.
506 The bishops of Visigothic Gaul
meet in the Council of Agde.
511 On the death of king Gesalec, Theodoric the Great
assumes the regency of the Visigothic kingdom.
511 Born
511 Died
526 Athalaric
succeeds Theodoric as king of the Ostrogoths, and Amalaric
becomes king of the Visigoths in his own name.
531 Theudis succeeds Amalaric
as king of the Visigoths.
548 Theudigisel
succeeds Theudis as king of the Visigoths.
548 Died
549 Agila
succeeds Theudigisel
as king of the Visigoths.
554 Athanagild
succeeds Agila
as king of the Visigoths.
567 Livva I succeeds Athanagild
as king of the Visigoths.
567 Sigebert I
, king of Austrasia
, marries Brunhilda, and Chilperic I marries Galswintha
, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild
.
568 Leovigild succeeds his brother Livva I as king of the Visigoths.
584 The Visigoths conquer the Suevic kingdom in Spain
.
603 Witteric overthrows and defeats Liuva II
, becoming king of the Visigoths.
610 Gundemar
succeeds Witteric as king of the Visigoths.
610 Died
612 Sisebut succeeds Gundemar
as king of the Visigoths.
621 Suinthila succeeds Sisebut as king of the Visigoths.
640 Tulga succeeds his father Suinthila as king of the Visigoths.
640 Died
641 Chindaswinth deposes Tulga, becomes king of the Visigoths.
649 Reccaswinth succeeds his father Chindaswinth as king of the Visigoths.
649 Died
672 Wamba succeeds Reccaswinth as king of the Visigoths.
672 Died
680 Erwig deposes Wamba to become king of the Visigoths.
680 Died
687 Egica succeeds Erwig as king of the Visigoths.
701 Wittiza succeeds his grandfather Ergica as king of the Visigoths.
710 Roderick deposes Achila to become king of the Visigoths.
711 Ummayad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad land at Gibraltar
and begin their invasion of the Iberian peninsula
and conquest of the Visigoths
(See Moors
, Al-Andalus
, and Umayyad conquest of Hispania)
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