Essay+visigoth

The fall of the visigoths
We can learn much from the fall of the Visigoths, by seeing where one of the most powerful nations in the world could have gone wrong. They were a war built society and they were destined to defeat whoever they wanted. They were known for their brutality and savagery in battle. They were a very long line of Germanic peoples. Together the Visigoths had lived 700 long years and had seen many kings. The most important and power full king Alaric 1 brought them too salvation and brought the destruction of Rome. Throughout that time they had conquered many kingdoms such as, Hispania and Spain. This ended with their defeat in Spain (where they took refuge) and the attack from the moors. The Visigoths were great warriors whose attacks traumatized many civilizations. While they attacked others they were not too fond of defending themselves which is the reason why they could not defend themselves which lead to their fall. But there are many contributing factors, from religion, geography and much more. One of the main reasons the Visigoths fell was due to [|Roman]Catholicism. Over time the Visigoths were very tied to Rome, even after they’re defeat. Then in 500 A.D the king of the Visigoths converted to Roman Catholicism. It soon became law that everyone was baptized. The Jewish Visigoths were eventually kicked out or killed in the religious purging. This also made them vulnerable to the pope whose decisions were always held very highly. This eventually caused the Visigoths to fight each other. The Jewish eventually all evacuated or were killed, this weakened the Visigoths detrimentally something they would not recover from. In 400 Ad many practioners were in visigothic territory but they weren’t recognized till the conversion of their king in 500 Ad. The Visigoths geography was probably one of the greatest contributors to the fall of the Visigoths. The Visigoths were a semi nomadic people. Usually taking refuge in the place they attack until either they find a new place or run out of food. The Visigoths stayed the longest time on the border for Greece and turkey and they made a deal with the Roman Empire to stay they’re. After their attack on Spain they were now vulnerable to the African countries most likely the moors. The Muslims had attacked the Visigoths as they were off guard. The problem with the Visigoths was their food shortage which is the main reasons they attacked who they did. This had a lot to do with their geography because of the infertile land they were living on along with they’re large concentration of people. The Visigoths had a very strong social status. Many of what the men had to aspire too were barbarian heroes and they were held most highly amongst anyone else except for the king. They had many organizations along with the army were the barbarians would gather. The women would usually make homes or try to hide the children if war ever struck to close to home for the Visigoths. They had managed to defend for themselves when prepared but their fall happened because they were not prepared to fight. King Alaric had seen much potential in his armies because many of the citizens had trained their entire lives for war. The only other social statuses dealt with religion which had a long history in the Visigothic Empire. We can learn much from the fall of the Visigoths through seeing they’re mistakes. There are still many remnants we can see around the world today. From segregation to food shortages and war, the problems with a war created society. Although they were able to defeat the largest super power of the world at the time we can see now how it affected much of our common day life. The Visigoths took us to the world to the dark ages. Since the fall of Rome also brought the[|fall of technology] along with it and the rise of religion. That is how the Visigoths mark can still be seen for many years to come.