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In 409 AD The Vandals, Alans and Suebes invaded the Western Roman Empire and established themselves in the Iberian Peninsula. They created three separate kingdoms in the region. The Suebi, a Germanic people, occupied the region of Galicia. The Kingdom ceased to exist when it was conquered by the Visigoths in 585 AD.
Establishment
November 409: In the last months of 409 Vandals, Alans and Suebi, entered Spain, subjecting it for the most part. According to the testimony of the Spanish chronicler Hydatius, the Vandals, the Alans and the Swabians divided up the territories conquered in Spain by drawing lots.
Chronology
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The Alans, Suebi and Vandals occupied and partitioned the Iberian Peninsula.
Was a Roman military campaign against the Vandals and the Alans that had occupied Galicia.
January 421: The Hispanic problem had not yet been resolved, also because after the defeat, the Vandals Silingi and Alani joined forces with the Vandals Hasdingi, whose king, Gunderic, became king of the Vandals and Alani. The new Vandal-Alana coalition immediately attempted to expand into Galicia to the detriment of the Swabians, forcing the Romans to intervene in 420: the Vandals were forced to abandon Galicia, migrating to Baetica.
King Hermeric further expandend the Kingdom of the Suebi.
January 439: King Hermeric further expandend the kingdom of the Suebi.
Were the military campaigns by the King of the Suebi Rechila to expand his domains in the Iberian Peninsula.
4.1.Suebian conquest of Merida
Military campaign by the King of the Suebi Rechila in Merida.
January 440: When King Rechila ascended the Swabian throne in 438, he launched expansionist campaigns against the Empire by occupying Merida.
4.2.Suebian conquest of Mertola
Military campaign by the King of the Suebi Rechila in Mertola.
January 441: Rechila continued his expansionist policy, and in 440 he successfully besieged and forced the surrender of a Roman officer, Count Censorio, in the strategic city of Mértola.
4.3.Suebian conquest of Baetica and Carthaginensis
Military campaign by the King of the Suebi Rechila in Baetica and Carthaginensis.
January 442: With the conquest of Seville, the capital of Baetica, the Swabians managed to bring Baetica and Carthaginian under their control. According to some scholars, however, the Swabian conquest of Baetica and Carthaginian was limited to plundering raids, and the Swabian presence was minute.
4.4.Suebian conquest of Seville
Military campaign by the King of the Suebi Rechila in Seville.
January 442: The following year, in 441, Rechila's armies captured Seville, some months after the death of the old king Hermeric, who had reigned for more than thirty years.
4.5.Defeat of Magister Militum Vitus
The Roman emperor sent magister militium Vitus to reconquer the territories lost by the Empire in the Iberian Peninsula but he was defeated by Suebian king Rechila.
January 447: In 446, the Romans sent the magister utriusque militiae Vitus to the provinces of Baetica and Carthaginian, who, assisted by a large number of Goths, attempted to subdue the Suevi and restore the imperial administration in Hispania. Rechila marched to clash with the Romans, and after defeating the Goths, turned Vito to flight.
February 447: In 446, the Romans sent the magister utriusque militiae Vitus to the provinces of Baetica and Carthaginian, who, assisted by a large number of Goths, attempted to subdue the Suevi and restore the imperial administration in Hispania. Rechila marched to clash with the Romans, and after defeating the Goths, turned Vito to flight.
The Suebi gave the region of Carthaginensis back to the Romans.
January 453: In an unspecified year between 446 and 455 (perhaps during the peace negotiations in 452) the Suevi had returned the Carthaginian to Rome, given that Idatius narrates that in the year 455 the Suevi sacked the Carthaginian, which "previously the Suevi they had given back to the Romans". It therefore seems evident that after Vitus's campaign some form of Roman control at least over the Carthaginian, if not actually over Baetica, was re-established.
Was a battle between the Western Roman empire and the Kingdom of the Suebi.
January 456: Suevic king of Gallaecia Rechiar launched a campaign in Tarraconense in 455.
January 456: Rome then sent ambassadors to the Suevi, obtaining some conditions, but in 455 the Suevi sacked the Carthaginian which they had returned some time earlier to Rome. In response, the new Emperor Avitus and the Visigoths sent a joint embassy, which reminded that the peace established with Rome was also guaranteed by the Goths.
February 456: Rome then sent ambassadors to the Suevi, obtaining some conditions, but in 455 the Suevi sacked the Carthaginian which they had returned some time earlier to Rome. In response, the new Emperor Avitus and the Visigoths sent a joint embassy, which reminded that the peace established with Rome was also guaranteed by the Goths.
February 456: The Suebian army leaves Terraconenis, returning to Galicia with a large number of prisoners.
January 457: Suevic king of Gallaecia Rechiar launched a campaign in Tarraconense in 456.
February 457: The Suebian army leaves Terraconenis, returning to Galicia with a large number of prisoners.
Was the Visigothic invasion and conquest of territories in modern-day Spain.
November 456: Avitus was willing to take action against the Swabians, who threatened the Tarraconense: he therefore sent the Visigoths to Spain, who, however, if they managed to annihilate the Swabians, plundered the Hispanic territory and seized it to the detriment of the Romans.
Was a war between the Kingdom of the Visigoths and the Kingdom of the Suebi, both Kingdoms created on Roman territory in the Iberian Peninsula by Germanic peoples during the Migration Period.
January 469: The new king of the Visigoths, Euric, changed his policy towards the Suevi, from friendly to contrary, bringing the war (which was terrible according to the chronicler Hydatius, bishop of Chaves in Galicia) in Lusitania and pushed the Suevi into the old borders.
Was a military campaign by Liuvigild, the King of the Visigoths, against the Kingdom of The Suebi.
January 570: In 569, his kingdom was attacked by Leovigildo, Arian king of the Visigoths, who had made an agreement with the Byzantines, to have freedom of action against the Swabians. Leovigildo, with great rapidity, took possession of Palencia, Zamora and León, but not of Astorga which put up a tenacious resistance.
Was a military campaign waged by Suebian king Miro against the Visigoths where he conquered Plasencia, Coria, Las Hurdes and valle de las Batuecas.
January 573: Between 571 and 572, taking advantage of the fact that Leovigild's Visigoths were at war against the Byzantines in the south of the Iberian peninsula, Miro expanded his kingdom by occupying the areas of Plasencia, Coria, Las Hurdes and the valley of las Batuecas.
Were the military campaigns of Visigothic King Liuvigild.
11.1.Suebian loss of Braganz
In 574 Visigothic King Liuvigild conquered southern Cantabria.
January 574: In 573, King Leovigild of the Visigoths conquered the province of Braganza and the valley of the river Sabor, expanding his kingdom's territory into the Suevi kingdom. This marked a significant military achievement for Leovigild in his campaign to unify the Iberian Peninsula under Visigothic rule.
11.2.Visigothic conquest of Ourense
Was a military campaign by Liuvigild, the King of the Visigoths, against the Kingdom of The Suebi, resulting in the Visigothic conquest of the region of Ourense.
January 579: Miro was the King of the Suebi, a Germanic tribe in the Iberian Peninsula. The Kingdom of the Visigoths, led by King Leovigild, had been expanding and conquering territories, leading to Miro's submission and peace negotiations in 578. The cities of Porto and Braga were important strongholds in the region.
Liuvigild, the King of the Visigoths, invaded and annexed the Kingdom of the Suebi.
January 586: The king of the Visigoths, Leovigildo, used the deposition and assassination of Eborico as a pretext in order to intervene once again in the Suebic kingdom. He immediately invaded the Suebian territory and, according to what the chronicler Isidore affirms, he defeated them with the utmost rapidity with only two battles, at Portucale and at Bracara. The Swabian kingdom was subjugated and incorporated into the Visigothic kingdom, becoming a province of it.
January 477: Following the collapse of the Roman Empire, Cantabria regained its independence from the rule of the Visigoths.
January 560: At the time of Carriarico the Swabian kingdom, taking advantage of the problems that the kingdom of the Visigoths had, was once again in a phase of expansion on the eastern and southern borders. He died in 559 and was succeeded by Ariamir.
Disestablishment
January 586: The king of the Visigoths, Leovigildo, used the deposition and assassination of Eborico as a pretext in order to intervene once again in the Suebic kingdom. He immediately invaded the Suebian territory and, according to what the chronicler Isidore affirms, he defeated them with the utmost rapidity with only two battles, at Portucale and at Bracara. The Swabian kingdom was subjugated and incorporated into the Visigothic kingdom, becoming a province of it.
Kingdom of the Suebi in Galicia
