The Rise and Fall of One Barbarian Kingdom

  • 587 BCE

    Visigoth King becomes Catholic

    When King Clovis accepted Catholicism, Clovis then drove the "heretics" out of Gual.
  • 553 BCE

    Battle of Mons Lactarius

    The new Ostrogothic king, gathered the remnants of the Ostrogothic army and marched to relieve the siege, but in October 552 Narses ambushed him at Mons Lactarius.The battle lasted two days, and Teia was killed in the fighting. Ostrogothic power in Italy was eliminated, and the remaining Ostrogoths went back north and (re)settled in south Austria.
  • 507 BCE

    Battle of Vouille

    The battle was between the Franks and the Visigoths. The Visigoth king was slain in the battle and after the Franks finally won, they forced the Visigoths to retreat to Septimnania.
  • 493 BCE

    Fall of Ravenna

    This was a minor confrontation between the Heruli and the western Roman Army in Italy. The Heruli insisted that a third part of the lands of Italy should be immediately divided among them. When the demand was rejected, they revolted leading to the Battle of Ravenna.
  • 455 BCE

    The Vandals sack Rome

    The Vandal kind Genseric and the Roman Emperor Valenthinian betrothed their children to strengthen their relationship with a peace treaty. However due to the marriage never happening, Genseric returned to Rome to attack it.
  • 455 BCE

    The Division of Gual

    Gual was divided into, Gallia Celtica, Belgica, and Aquitania.
  • 454 BCE

    Battle of Nedao

    This battle was fought in Pannonia between the Huns and their former vassals. Attila's son Ellac died in the battle.
  • 451 BCE

    Battle of the Catalaunian Plains

    Took place between a coalition led by the Romans and the Visigoths against the Huns and their vassals commanded by Attila. The battle was very inconclusive. The Huns managed to pillage much of Gual and crippled the military capacity of The Romans and the Visigoths. The Romans did however stop the Huns from establishing vassals in Gual.
  • 418 BCE

    Alan King Died

    The Iberian Alans were defeated by the Visigoths, and subsequently surrendered their authority to the Vandals.
  • 415 BCE

    Visigoths invade lberia

    The Iberian Alans were defeated by the Visigoths, and subsequently surrendered their authority to the Vandals.
  • 410 BCE

    Capturing of Rome

    Alaric, a Visigoth chief, captured Rome.
  • 395 BCE

    Theodosius I died

  • 378 BCE

    The Battle at Adrianople

    The Visigoths defeated the Roman forces at Adrianople. The eastern Roman emperor was killed and to maintain peace, his successor turned land in the Balkans over to the Visigoths.
  • 300 BCE

    Germanic tribes enter the Roman Empire