Visigoths in the Balkans

Visigoths in the Balkans appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Balkans and Greece (Europe) from 376 to 418 CE, a span of 42 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Goths who fled the Huns across the Danube in 376, destroyed a Roman army at Adrianople in 378 and under Alaric sacked Rome in 410 before settling in Gaul.

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Facts

Dates

376 to 418 CE

Duration

42 years

Type

People or culture

Region

Balkans and Greece, Europe

Language family

Germanic

Came from

• Chernyakhov culture (Gothic Oium) c. 230 to 375 CE

Became

• Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse 418 to 507 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 410 Visigoths sack Rome

Neighbours in Europe

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Roman Hispania 218 BCE to 472 CE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE
• Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse 418 to 507 CE
• Western Roman Empire 395 to 476 CE
• San Marino c. 301 CE to the present
• Roman Macedonia and Achaea 146 BCE to 395 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Gupta Empire c. 320 to 550 CE, South Asia

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