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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, the Visigoths and Romans had a falling out and the Visigoths rose up against the Romans and crushed their main army at the [[Battle of Adrianople]]. As the [[Roman Empire]] became more shaky, they found it more difficult to stop the Visigoths and other barbarian tribes. This culminated in the Visigoth sacking of [[Rome]] in 410 A.D., under the rule of [[Alaric I]]. [[Saint Augustine]] chronicled this horrific defeat, and the shockwave it sent throughout the world, intellectually and physically, in his major work, ''[[City of God]]."
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, the Romans did not provide the Visigoths with enough food, forcing them to sell their children into slavery in exchange for the meat of dogs.
So the Visigoths rose up against the Romans and crushed their main army at the [[Battle of Adrianople]]. As the [[Roman Empire]] became more shaky, they found it more difficult to stop the Visigoths and other barbarian tribes. This culminated in the Visigothic sacking of [[Rome]] in 410 A.D., under the rule of [[Alaric I]]. [[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]].
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]].
The Visigoths eventually moved to settle South Western Gaul ([[France]]) with [[Tolouse]] as their capital, but were defeated by the [[Franks]] under [[Clovis]] and henceforward had their territory in [[Spain]] with Toledo as their capital.
The Visigothic Kingdom in Spain fell to the Isalmic [[Moors]] in AD 711. Their last king was Roderick.
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