History of Braga

Ariamir (died before 566) was the Suevic King of Galicia, with his capital at Bracara, from 558/9. The bishops of the First Council of Braga recorded Ariamir as the king who summoned them and under whose auspices they deliberated. Because the bishops mention theirs as being the first Nicene synod to be held in Galicia in a long while, Ariamir is sometimes assumed to have been the king who led the conversion of his people from Arianism to orthodoxy and thus to have lifted the ban on Nicene councils. thumb|Timeline of the Suebic Kings The conversion of the Suevi to Catholicism, however, is prese

thumb|Map of Gallaecia at about 300 BCE, with the Bracari at the bottom left. thumb|upright=1.35|The ''Idol's Fountain|Fonte do Ídolo'', in [[Braga.]]

1809 battle

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