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How an Empire Ends: Rise and Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom

How an Empire Ends: Rise and Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom

Update: 2025-07-31
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We've told you the story of the Ostrogoths, the Amal ruling family, who built an imperial dynasty only to see that rulership dissolve within two generations. But what happened to their cousins, the Visigoths? The Tervingii tribe and the Balthi royal family? Alaric’s Goths?


 Turns out they lasted much longer. But they weren’t necessarily the ones who had it most together. Join us for a vast, sweeping tale of constant regicide and usurpation, vast internal religious and cultural divisons, and war on all sides—through which the Visigoths hung on longer than anyone thought they would.


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How an Empire Ends: Rise and Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom

How an Empire Ends: Rise and Fall of the Visigothic Kingdom

Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy