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‘UK’ –> /ˈvɪzɪˌɡɒθs/
‘US’ –> /ˈvɪzɪˌɡɑːθs/
*’latin’ –> visigothi / wisigothi / vesi / visi / wesi / wisi*
‘italian’ –> visigoti
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(the visigoths were the western branches of the nomadic tribes of ‘germanic peoples’ referred to collectively as the ‘goths’)
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(these tribes flourished and spread throughout the late ‘Roman Empire’ in ‘Late Antiquity’, or what is known as the ‘Migration Period’)
(the ‘Visigoths’ emerged from earlier ‘Gothic’ groups (possibly the ‘Thervingi’) who had invaded the ‘Roman Empire’ beginning in 376 and had defeated the ‘Romans’ at the ‘Battle of Adrianople’ in 378)
(relations between the ‘Romans’ and the ‘Visigoths’ were variable, alternately warring with one another and making treaties when convenient)
(the ‘Visigoths’ invaded ‘Italy’ under ‘Alaric I’ and sacked ‘Rome’ in 410)
(after the ‘Visigoths’ sacked ‘Rome’, they began settling down, first in southern ‘Gaul’ and eventually in ‘Spain’ and ‘Portugal’, where they founded the ‘Visigothic Kingdom’ and maintained a presence from the 5th to the 8th centuries AD)
(the ‘Visigoths’ first settled in southern Gaul as foederati to the Romans – a relationship established in 418)
(however, they soon fell out with their ‘Roman’ hosts (for reasons that are now obscure) and established their own kingdom with its capital at ‘Toulouse’)
(they next extended their authority into ‘Hispania’ at the expense of the ‘Suebi’ and ‘Vandals’)
(in 507, however, their rule in ‘Gaul’ was ended by the ‘Franks’ under ‘Clovis I’, who defeated them in the ‘Battle of Vouillé’)
(after that, the ‘Visigoth’ kingdom was limited to ‘Hispania’, and they never again held territory north of the ‘Pyrenees’ other than ‘Septimania’)
(a small, elite group of ‘Visigoths’ came to dominate the governance of that region at the expense of those who had previously ruled there, particularly in the ‘Byzantine’ province of ‘Spania’ and the ‘Kingdom of the Suebi’)
(in or around 589, the ‘Visigoths’ under ‘Reccared I’ converted from ‘Arianism’ to ‘Nicene Christianity’, gradually adopting the culture of their ‘Hispano-Roman’ subjects)
(their legal code, the Visigothic Code (completed in 654) abolished the longstanding practice of applying different laws for ‘Romans’ and ‘Visigoths’)
(ince legal distinctions were no longer being made between Romani and Gothi, they became known collectively as “hispani”)
(in the century that followed, the region was dominated by the “Councils of Toledo” and the ‘episcopacy’)
(little else is known about the Visigoths’ history during the 7th century, since records are relatively sparse)
(in 711 or 712, a force of invading ‘African Moors’ defeated the ‘Visigoths’ in the ‘Battle of Guadalete’)
(their king and many members of their governing elite were killed, and their kingdom rapidly collapsed)
(‘gothic’ identity survived, however, especially in ‘Marca Hispanica’ and the ‘Kingdom of Asturias’, which had been founded by the ‘Visigothic’ nobleman ‘Pelagius of Asturias’ after his victory over the ‘Moors’ at the ‘Battle of Covadonga’)
(during their governance of the ‘Kingdom of Hispania’, the Visigoths built several churches that survive)
(they also left many artifacts, which have been discovered in increasing numbers by archaeologists in recent times)
(the ‘treasure of guarrazar’ of ‘votive crowns’ + ‘crosses’ is the most spectacular)
(they founded the only new cities in ‘western europe’ from the fall of the western half of the ‘roman empire’ until the rise of the ‘carolingian’ dynasty)
(many ‘visigothic’ names are still in use in modern ‘spanish’ + ‘portuguese’)
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(their most notable legacy, however, was the visigothic code, which served, among other things, as the basis for ‘court procedure’ in most of ‘christian iberia’ until the ‘late middle ages’, centuries after the demise of the ‘kingdom’)
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