The History of Spain Podcast29 Apr 2019

Ostrogothic interval and Byzantine invasion

This is episode 14 called Ostrogothic interval and Byzantine invasion and in this episode you will learn:

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- The context and political map of Europe and North Africa after the traumatic Battle of Vouillé
- What happened right after the Battle of Vouillé: Visigothic retreat led by Gesalic and Ostrogothic aid
- The efforts of Theodoric the Great to unite the Goths under one rule to stop Frankish advance
- How weak Visigothic rule was in Hispania at that time
- How limited Theodoric's influence was over the Visigoths due to the power of the appointed governor, Theudis
- The fall of the Balti dynasty and the problems that that caused to the long-term stability of the Visigothic Kingdom
- A revival of Roman power in North Africa and Italy under Justinian
- Decreasing Visigothic control over Hispania and civil war between Agila and Athanagild
- Byzantine conquest of southern Spain due to Justinian's intervention in the civil war and the foundation of the province of Spania
- The reemergence of sources on the Suebi: migrations of Romano-Britons and Suebic conversion to Catholicism
- How the Visigothic Kingdom was definitely established in Toledo and the election of Liuva I
- A depiction of the society of Visigothic Spain, talking about the heterogenous population and social stratification
- A reflection on the importance of having a strong system of dynastic succession

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