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Germanic tribes, migrated from Baltic area to Danube River, defeated Roman armies (300s AD)

The Visigoths were a confederacy of Germanic tribes, who migrated from the Baltic area to the Danube River, pressed by the advancing [[Huns]].  They were offered entrance into [[Roman|Rome]] territory on peaceful terms by the Emperor [[Valens]].  However, following incredibly cruel treatment at the hands of the [[Romans]], based on [[xenophobia]] and [[racism]], the Visigoths rose up against the Romans and crushed their main army at the Battle of [[Adrianople].  Following [[Adrianople]], the Visigoths continued to march into [[Italy]], finally leading them to sack the capital of the [[Roman Empire]] in 410 A.D., under the rule of [[Alaric the Visigoth]].  [[Saint Augustine]] chronicled this horrific defeat, and the shockwave it sent throughout the world, intellectually and physically, in his major work, ''[[City of God]]."

 

Following the collapse of the [[Roman Empire]], the Visigoths gained control over [[Rome]] when they deposed [[Romulus Augustulus]], the last emperor, in 476 A.D.  However, they were later defeated by the [[Ostrogoths]] under the command of [[Theoderic]], on orders from the [[Byzantine]] ruler [[Zeno]].

 

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