Visigothic Kingdom
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The Visigothic Kingdom was a Germanic state that ruled over the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal) for about 300 years, from 418 to 720, after the Western Roman Empire collapsed. It matters because it represents an important bridge between the Roman world and medieval Europe, showing how Germanic peoples took over and transformed Roman territories during the early medieval period.
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418 establishments5th-century establishments in sub-Roman Gaul721 disestablishments8th-century disestablishments in Portugal8th-century disestablishments in SpainBarbarian kingdomsFormer Christian statesFormer countries on the Iberian PeninsulaFormer kingdomsFormer monarchies of EuropeHarv and Sfn no-target errorsHistory of Portugal by polity