Visigoths

Between the late 300 's the and 410 CE, Rome endured Gothic battles, Germanic attacks, and being sacked by Visigoth King Alaric. Rome was left torn up after these, and was nearly destroyed. Then, in 476, Odoacer, a Germanic leader, had a plan to dethrone Romulus Augustus, the then emperor. When he was successful, it marked the end of Roman emperors, and therefore…

What Were the Primary Reasons For the “Fall” of Rome ? Have you ever wondered why Rome fell? Crash! Rome fell mostly because the people that were lazy and careless. Then there was also an outbreak of disasters. Critics argue that political instability lead to fall of Rome. Critics argue that political instability lead to the fall of Rome. However, the military mistakes lead people to think that military mistakes were the primary reason behind the decline of the Roman Empire. Two reasons to…

ruled spain for over six centuries. This brought Spain the Latin language, Roman laws, military, local government, and Christian Religion. After the Roman empire fell came the visigoths. They established a new forms of local government and converted the nations religion to catholicism. Parts of spain was taken from the visigoths and was ruled by the muslims. Eventually the Christian population took back spain and the muslim and jewish population suffered religious persecution. Just after this…

Italians started coming into Rome to get greater entitlements. The tribes that tormented the Romanians were the Goth Rockers, Visigoths, Vandals, Angles, Saxons, Franks, Ostrogoths, and the Lombards. The Goth Rockers was one of the first tribes to invade also known as the “Germanic Barbarians” they jumped the walls of Rome and carved out part of Rome and settle there. The Visigoths and Vandals invaded in 410 C.E. and ransacked the capital of Rome. The ransacking of Rome went on for three days…

The Decline of Rome The most significant factors that contributed to the downfall of the Western Roman Empire were barbarian invasions due to a weakened military and a shrinking population that held resentment towards Rome. These problems converged and created a domino effect that eventually toppled the dignified Roman Empire. Rome had lost the essence of what made the Roman empire Roman. This included a disciplined and driven military made of confident soldiers who believed in the power of…

Tolerance is the ability to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. Intolerance, on the other hand, is the unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one’s own. Robert Green Ingersoll once said, “Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.” But is that possible? Can we humans reach a point where we respect everybody? Will we ever reach complete tolerance or will we be stuck…

Although the Huns originated in the region of Mongolia, they still tended to digress through the European country fighting other Europeans. While the Huns lived in a hunting and gathering type of society, they often had intelligent tactics. For example, the Huns were victorious at Adrianopolis in 378. After their win, they began to concur that horses paved their way to victory. But, sometimes the Huns were inept when they came upon military tactics. After what the Huns discovered using the…

attack on his father’s camp who is rescued weeks later by his uncle King Rua and goes to live with his tribe and his brother Bleda. General Flavius Aetius is freed from prison and sent to the Hun camp to join forces with Roman Empire against the Visigoths. After the battle, Attila returns to Rome with Flavius Aetius and becomes fascinated with all the splendors and riches available in Roman. His visit ends with the news of King Rua’s death in which Bleda poisoned King Rua to gain the throne for…

was a Frankish noble family which descended directly from the Merovingian dynasty which came before it. The Merovingian dynasty was founded by Childeric I, king of the Franks from 457-481 AD, who, thanks to his many military outings against the Visigoths, Saxons and Alemanni, managed to establish a foot hold of territory for the dynasty that his son, Clovis I, would create a few years later. It wasn’t until Childeric and his wife, Basina, Queen of Thuringia’s son, Clovis I, succeeded his father…

Invasion by Barbarian Tribes The most straightfoward reason would be military losses against outside forces. Barbian groups had reached beyond the Empire’s borders. In 410, the Visigoth King Alaric took all the wealth from Rome. The Empire spent the next decades under constant threat. It was raided again in 455 and in 476, the Germanic leader Odoacer staged a revolt and deposed the emperor. No Roman emperor would ever rule from…