It is within what is now Spain and Portugal that the Visigoths created the polity for which they are best remembered. In 507, Visigothic rule in Gaul was ended by the Franks under Clovis I, who defeated them in the Battle of Vouillé. This developed as an independent kingdom with its capital at Toulouse, and they extended their authority into Hispania at the expense of the Suebi and Vandals who had taken control of large swathes of Roman territory. The Visigoths were subsequently settled in southern Gaul as foederati to the Romans, a relationship that was established in 418. Under Alaric, the Visigoths invaded Italy and sacked Rome in August 410. Relations between the Romans and Alaric's Visigoths varied, with the two groups making treaties when convenient, and warring with one another when not. Their exact origins are believed to have been diverse but they probably included many descendants of the Thervingi who had moved into the Roman Empire beginning in 376 and had played a major role in defeating the Romans at the Battle of Adrianople in 378. The Visigoths first appeared in the Balkans, as a Roman-allied barbarian military group united under the command of Alaric I. The Visigoths ( / ˈ v ɪ z ɪ ɡ ɒ θ s/ Latin: Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were a Germanic people united under the rule of a king and living within the Roman Empire during late antiquity.
The hanging letters spell ECCESVINTHVS REX OFFERET. Gothic paganism, Arianism, Nicene Christianity, Roman paganismĭetail of the votive crown of Reccesuinth from the Treasure of Guarrazar (Toledo, Spain), hanging in Madrid. The eagles represented on these fibulae from the 6th century, and found in Tierra de Barros ( Badajoz), were a popular symbol among the Goths in Spain.
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