Visigoths facts for kids
The Visigoths (Western Goths) were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths were the other). Both were among the loosely-defined Germanic tribes that fought the Roman Empire during the Migration Period.
Most famously, a Visigothic force, led by King Alaric I, succeeded in storming Rome in 410 AD. Later Visigothic kings ruled southern Gaul, and Hispania after they had taken it from the Alans and the Vandals.
After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the Visigoths played a major role in southwestern Europe for another 250 years and adopted Roman culture and clothing.
Images for kids
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Gutthiuda
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The Pietroasele Treasure discovered in Romania, attributed to the Visigoths
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Europe at the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD
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Greatest extent of the Visigothic kingdom of Toulouse in light and dark orange, c. 500. From 585 to 711 Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo in dark orange, green, and white (Hispania).
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Visigothic Hispania and its regional divisions in 700, before the Muslim conquest
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Capital from the Visigothic church of San Pedro de la Nave, province of Zamora
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Visigothic church, San Pedro de la Nave. Zamora. Spain
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Visigothic belt buckle. Copper alloy with garnets, glass, and inclusion of lapis lazuli. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
See also
In Spanish: Pueblo visigodo para niños
