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The Visigoths were never called Visigoths, only Goths, until Cassiodorus used the term, when referring to their loss against Clovis I in 507. Cassiodorus apparently invented the term based on the model of the "Ostrogoths", but using the older name of the Vesi, one of the tribal names which the fifth-century poet Sidonius Apollinaris, had already used when referring to the Visigoths.
The Goths' relationship with Sweden became an important part of Swedish nationalism, and until the 19th century, before the Gothic origin had been thoroughly researched by archaeologists, Swedish scholars considered Swedes to be the direct descendants of the Goths. Today, scholars identify this as a cultural movement called Gothicismus, which ...
The Franco–Gothic War (507–511), also known as the Second Frankish–Visigothic War, was a military conflict between the Franks and the Visigoths aimed at the hegemony of Gaul. The main opponents in this war were the kings Clovis I and Alaric II .
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Visigoths had fewer cavalry, Ostrogoths had more cavalry than the Roman army, while Vandals were dominated by cavalry. [5] Cavalry mainly took the form of heavy, close combat cavalry armed with sword and lance. [4] Goths and likely Vandals as well favoured a long heavy lance of Sarmatian origin, the contus, which stood at 3
Visigoths vs. Mall Goths is an urban fantasy tabletop role-playing game with LGBTQ dating sim elements by Lucian Kahn, with art by Robin Eisenberg. [1] The ancient Visigoths have time traveled to 1990s Los Angeles and are battling mall goths for control of the mall. [2] The game's tone is silly and the setting has many puns.
The names of only a few of the queens of the Visigoths are known. As the Gothic monarchy was elective, all queens were such only as consorts of their husbands. In his Chronicon John of Biclarum styles Goisuintha "queen" (regina) under the years 579 and 589.
That rebellion was led by Theodoric I, King of the Visigoths and took place in the South of France. It followed the death of usurpator John and was terminated by a military procedure under the command of Aëtius. In the mid-430s, a new uprising broke out, which resulted in a four-year Gothic War (436–439) between the Goths and Romans in ...