Originating around AD 300, '''Arianism''' was the [[theology|theological]] view that [[Jesus]] was divine, but created and lesser than [[God]] the Father. It was condemned as incorrect by the [[Council of Nicaea]] in 325 which gave its seal of authority to the [[Holy Trinity|trinitarian]] view. While Arianism continued to be an issue in the [[Roman Empire]] to some degree, the biggest influence and conflict due to Arianism was from the barbarian tribes who had been [[Christianized]], but mostly with Arianism tendencies. It would take centuries, and well beyond the fall of the Roman Empire, before the [[trinity|trinitarian]] view prevailed in those regions.
The "barbarian" sects which invaded [[Rome]], and took her after the fall of [[Romulus Augustulus]] in 476, were often Arians. The [[Visigoths]] and the [[Ostrogoths]], and especially [[Theoderic]], were followers of the Arian heresy.
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