The rise and fall of The Goths

The fall of the Goths

553 BCE

The Goths continued to fight for their independence from Rome until they were defeated at the Battle of Mons Lactarius. Their cause was lost and most of the Goths fled to Northern Europe for refuge.

2nd Gothic War

552 BCE

Totila king of the Ostrogoths and Belisarius general of the eastern roman empire fought against each other for control of Rome.

Theodoric The Great Died

526 BCE

The great kind was able to control both Romans and the Goths until his death. This caused the country to go a little wild.

King Odoacer

493 BCE

Following Attila death, this man Odoacer became The King of Italy and provided refuge for the Goths. The Ostrogoths that previously fought for Atilla did not agree with this. Theodoric the great assassinated Odoacer.

Atilla's Rage

452 BCE

When his brother Bleda died he decided to invade multiple countries. These countries included Gual and Italy. He then died a year later

The Treatyof Margus

435 BCE

Attila and his brother Bleda came up with The Treaty of Margus with Rome. It was supposed to ensure peace between the Goths and Romans. Instead it did just the opposite.

Rebellion of Fitgerns Goths

378 BCE

The Goths that were granted a pass to Rome were being treated poorly. They chose to rebel against the Romans that gave them refuge in the beginning. This was known as the battle of Adrianople. Valens was killed during the battle.

Fitgern Fled

376 BCE

Fitgern appealed to the Roman Emporer Valens. He was let into Rome and protected by the army.

Goth Civil War

370 BCE

Athanaric was an enemy of Rome, The man Fritigern was in good with Rome because he knew emperor Valens. Athanaric and Fritgern had different religions. Fritigern was an Arian Christian, while Athanaric had pagan beliefs of his people.

Goth Costal Raids

270 BCE

The Goths built up a navy and raided costal lines of Rome. They had great control of the coast until Aurelian defeated them

Goth King Dies

270 BCE

Cannabaudes was killed during an engagement with the Romans. He died along 5,000 of his men. The goths were driven into Dacia

Battle of Abritus

251 BCE

The Goths had multiple victories over the Romans during this period including the Battle of Abritus. The Romans were constantly trying to invade Roman cities.

Recruiting Barbarians

244 BCE

The Romans and the Goths were not friends. However, they both had a common enemy which were the Persians. The Romans recruited the Goths and they fought the Persians together

Philip the Arab

244 BCE

The goths and the Romans fought against the Persians which in turn raised Philip the Arab to power.

First invasion of Rome

238 BCE

Rome was going through a tough time with the empire being in great distress, The goths took advantage of this and attacked the city of Histia. They did this order to try and establish a foothold in Rome.