The History Of Spain Podcast

This is episode 12 called The Apogee of the Kingdom of the Suebi and in this episode you will learn: SHOW NOTES - The situation of Hispania and Italy after the Vandals had left Hispania for North Africa - How weak the foundations of the Kingdom of the Suebi under King Hermeric were - The peak of the bagaudae groups in Gaul and Hispania and the expansion of the Vandal Kingdom - The ambitious Suebic campaign of King Rechila to conquer Lusitania and Baetica - How the Suebic control actually worked in those provinces - The progressive emotional disconnection between the Hispano-Romans and the Western Roman Empire as Valentinian's III expeditions failed - The firsts of King Rechiar: first Catholic Germanic king and the issue of coins - Why the Visigoths and the Suebi briefly sealed an alliance - How the threat of the Huns ended their alliance - How King Rechiar took advantage of the weakness of the Empire to invade Hispania Carthaginensis and Tarraconensis - How the Visigoths decisively crushed the Suebi in 456