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New page: {{sharethis}} The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). Together these tribes were among the loosel...
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The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). Together these tribes were among the loosely-termed Germanic peoples who disturbed the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period.
Most famously, a Visigothic force led by King Alaric I succeeded in storming Rome itself in 410 A.D.
After the collapse of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths played a major role in western European affairs for another two and a half centuries.
The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). Together these tribes were among the loosely-termed Germanic peoples who disturbed the late Roman Empire during the Migration Period.
Most famously, a Visigothic force led by King Alaric I succeeded in storming Rome itself in 410 A.D.
After the collapse of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths played a major role in western European affairs for another two and a half centuries.