- The Visigoths were a Germanic Tribe who appeared during the Late Roman Empire (284-476 CE).
Description
- They defeated a Roman Army at the Battle of Adrianople in 378 CE and conducted the First Sack of Rome in 410 CE.
- Between 418-507 CE they established a Visigothic Kingdom in Gaul, known as Septimania, and another in Spain which lasted until 711 CE
Alaric and the First Sack of Rome (410 CE)
- Under King Alaric (395-410 CE) the Visigoths invaded Greece in 395 CE, but were defeated.
- Alaric then invaded Italy in 401 CE, where he was opposed by the Roman General Stilicho until a Peace Treaty was concluded in c.405 CE.
- Alaric returned to Italy and conducted the First Siege of Rome in 408 CE and the Second Siege of Rome in 409 CE.
- In 410 CE, Alaric conducted the Third Siege and the First Sack of Rome, although there was no massacre. He was obliged to march home after his fleet was wrecked.
Adrianople