Visigothic Kingdom, officially the Kingdom of the Goths, was a kingdom that occupied what is southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries.
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25 Facts About Visigothic Kingdom
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The Visigothic Kingdom maintained independence from the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire, whose attempts to re-establish Roman authority in Hispania were only partially successful and short-lived.
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The kingdom of the 6th and 7th centuries is sometimes called the Regnum Toletanum or Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo after the new capital of Toledo in Hispania.
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The Visigothic Kingdom Code, completed in 654, abolished the old tradition of having different laws for Hispano-Romans and for Visigoths.
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Visigothic Kingdom is infamous for murdering his elder brother Theodoric II who had himself become king by murdering his elder brother Thorismund.
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Visigothic Kingdom occupied the key Roman cities of Arles and Marseilles.
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The Visigothic Kingdom was formally recognized as an independent kingdom in former Roman territory instead of having the status of foederati when the Western emperor Julius Nepos signed in 475 an alliance with Euric, granting him the lands south of the Loire and west of the Rhone in exchange for military service and the lands in Provence .
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Visigothic Kingdom's rule did not last long, as in 531, Amalaric was defeated by the Frankish king Childebert I and then murdered at Barcelona.
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Visigothic Kingdom expanded Visigothic control over the southern regions, but he was murdered after a failed invasion of Africa.
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Visigothic Kingdom was an effective military leader and consolidated Visigothic power in Spain.
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Visigothic Kingdom adopted the name Flavius, the family name of the Constantinian dynasty, and styled himself as the successor to the Roman emperors.
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Visigothic Kingdom was able to maneuver his son Recceswinth on the throne, sparking a rebellion by a gothic noble who allied with the Basques, but was put down.
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Visigothic Kingdom had to deal with Flavius Paulus revolts in Tarraconensis and Hilderic of Nimes, and because of this, he felt a need to reform the army.
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Visigothic Kingdom passed a law declaring all dukes, counts and other military leaders, as well as bishops, had to come to the aid of the kingdom once danger became known or risk harsh punishment.
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Visigothic Kingdom took Merida in 713 and invaded the north, taking Saragossa and Leon, which were still under King Ardo, in 714.
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The only effective resistance was in Asturias, where a Visigothic Kingdom nobleman named Pelagius revolted in 718, and defeated the Muslims at the battle of Covadonga; this was the beginning of the Reconquest.
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Visigothic Kingdom settlements were concentrated along the Garonne River between Bordeaux and Toulouse in Aquitaine during the 5th century, according to contemporary sources under the terms of the late Roman Empire as foederatii, or allies, and assigned billeting obligations to provide lodging for Roman soldiers, more or less as the imperial military had previously done in other provinces.
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Visigothic Kingdom named it after his son Reccared and built it with Byzantine imitations, containing a palace complex and mint, but it lay in ruins by the 9th century .
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Possible fifth Visigothic Kingdom foundation is Baiyara, mentioned as founded by Reccared in the Geography of Kitab al-Rawd al-Mitar.
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Visigothic Kingdom rule has often been attributed to be a part of the so-called Dark Ages, a time of cultural and scientific decay reversed only by Muslim Andalusia.
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Visigothic Kingdom Merida housed baths supplied with water by aqueducts, and such aqueducts are attested in Cordoba, Cadiz and Recopolis.
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Excavations confirm that Recopolis and Toledo, the Visigothic Kingdom capital, were heavily influenced by the contemporary Byzantine architecture.
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Visigothic Kingdom monarchy took on a completely elective character with the fall of the Balti, but the monarchy remained Arian until Reccared I converted in 587 .
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