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Visigothic Kingdom

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A Gothic kingdom set up in Roman Aquitaine in 418, with Toulouse as its capital. After losing most of Gaul to the Franks in 507 it ruled Hispania from Toledo until an Arab and Berber army crossed from Africa in 711.

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  1. – Wallia's Goths destroy the Siling Vandals and the Alans in Hispania for Rome
  2. The Goths settle in Aquitaine under a treaty with Rome, with Toulouse as their capital
  3. Clovis's Franks defeat and kill Alaric II at Vouillé and take Toulouse and most of Gaul

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  4. King Reccared gives up Arian Christianity and adopts CatholicismDisputed

    Reccared gave up Arianism in 587, within a year of taking the throne in 586, under the guidance of Bishop Leander of Seville. The Third Council of Toledo ratified the conversion in May 589, and sources differ on which year to give.

  5. The Visigothic law code, the Liber Iudiciorum, is issuedDisputed

    Spain Then and Now and Wikipedia date the published code to 654, under King Reccesuinth, who enlarged a collection begun by his father Chindasuinth in 642–643. The World History Encyclopedia places the code itself in 642–643.

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  6. Tariq ibn Ziyad crosses from Africa during a Gothic civil war, and the kingdom falls

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