Goths

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The Goths were a group of Germanic tribes who took their name form their land called __[|Gothiscandza]__

By the late period of the Roman Empire, the Goths had divided into multiple groups. The **Thervingi tribes launched attacks on rome in the area of Danube starting around 260's CE. They were held back but continued to give Romans trouble, especially under Constantine ** [|Gothic War (376-382)] took place,Goths and local Thracians rebelled. The Roman Emperor Valens was killed at the [|Battle of Adrianople]. The **Visigoths** were one of two main branches of the Goths, (the Ostrogoths being the other) during the fifth century. Together these tribes were among the [|Germanic peoples] who disturbed the late [|Roman Empire] during the [|Migration Period]. A Visigothic force led by [|Alaric I] [|sacked Rome in 410]. [|Honorius] granted the Visigoths [|Aquitania], where they defeated the[|Vandals] and by 475 ruled most of the [|Iberian Peninsula]. The **Ostrogoths** in the meantime freed themselves of government of the [|Huns] following the [|Battle of Nedao] in 454. At the behest of emperor [|Zeno], [|Theodoric the Great] from 488 conquered all of Italy. The Goths were briefly reunited under one crown in the early sixth century under Theodoric the Great, who became regent of the Visigothic kingdom following the death of [|Alaric II] at the [|Battle of Vouillé] in 507. [|Procopius], writing at this time, interpreted the name //Visigoth// to mean "western Goths", and the name //Ostrogoth// as "eastern Goth" which corresponded to the current distribution of the Gothic realms. The [|Ostrogothic kingdom] persisted until 553 under [|Teia], when Italy briefly fell back under Byzantine control, until the conquest of the [|Langobards] in 568. The Visigothic kingdom lasted longer, until 711 under [|Roderic], when it had to yield to the [|Muslim] [|Umayyad] invasion of the Iberian Peninsula ([|Al-Andaluz]).