The+Fall

The Fall of the visigoths They had many enemies at that point and yet only one defeated them in battle. The muslims then attacked the visigoths in spain. As this happened spain gathered remainining forces to attack the visigoths. The Visigothic kingdom was believed to be easily collopsable when attacked. The visigoths had lost many forces after sacking rome. They lost a lot of power after the battle as their kings. In 600 AD they fell to catholicism took much of the power the visigothic kings had as more and more peopel worshiped the pope.

-visigothic architecture was very distinct-they used mainly stone for theyre buildings
- as the visigoths went on attacking people they accumulated many enemies -near the end of their reign the whole of europe had feared them - the muslims would later attack them in spain - after the invasion of spain the visigoths were not ready for another battle so soon -which is why the muslims attacked when they did

Climate
-We can see how climate had affected them throughout their journeys in Europe and how prepared they were for any weather -They did not need fertile land because they just stole it from other nations this is why the Visigoths attacked who they did -In the battle of Rome the only thing keeping them going was the food they stole -They soon the visigothic people had lived in Europe during they’re rain although there armies when as far as turkey -Gained much valuable land in which they could establish housing and climate had a lot to do with this -The visigothic people had grown large and consumed a lot of food. they needed the daylight hours to grow food -We can also see how they’re architecture was affected by this. They had many large stone buildings to prevent weather damage - Now weathered there are very few examples of visigothic architecture but a main influence was climate -In the last years of their reign they lived in common day Spain. Which is why it was easy for the moors to come from Africa and attack the Visigoths -This also made it for them to hear of the recent outbreak of Catholicism. In 583 ad the king and ruler of the Visigoths was converted to Catholicism. This had also affected them because most of Europe at that time was converting -When the [|moors] did attack the Visigoths they were well known for their horsemanship in battle. The horses found only in the areas of the African planes -This is why the geographical position of the Visigoths played an important par t in battle for who they fought and how they lost



leaders
-When rebellion broke out Emporer Theodosios quelled the rebbellion -it remained until his death in 395 -after his death [|king alaric]took over -he became the most powerfull king ever to grace the visigoths -Emporer Theodosios's sons were seen as incapable for leading the visigoths - they both ruled smaller pieces of the kingdom -king sideric was a king for only 7 days -his brother then ruled for 5 years - King wallia soon replaced sideric after sideric was assasinated -he was renowned to be a great warrior and a prudent battle leader -Wallia led his people to defeat the vandals -king Theodoric was believed to be related in law to king alaric and we can see now that this is true.

Disease
- the visigoths were very bloodthirsty and for this they suffered with disease -many of their kings had earl deaths due to disease -the fact that they ate people didnt help -many experienced a rare disease closley related to cancer -they were not well practiced in medicin -they could not use herbs from their country because of their nomadic nature -they were a warrior people but they lacked medical practioners -they had a very short life span because of this

Science and mathematics
-the visigoths have no history of science and mathematics achievemeants in theyre history -they were better known for theyre war tactions and strategies

Agriculte and economy
- the [|visigoths]were not known for their agriculture -infact their reasons for war were food - they broke into homes and took food from many nations - the romans were told to keep their harvest away from the visigoths - this was very important to the visigoths - their economy was very war driven - their entire nation depended on how many wars they one - the visigoths did not own much of their own land - theyre are some spots were visigothic architecture is spotted - but it is beleived that they had very infertile land -this wast the cause of many wars in visigothic culture - they did not have farms as they stole other peoples farmland - this meant they a had a wide array of food -although when desperate measures called for it they could eat people - when they attacked the romans theyre main need was food - while they did not use currency they mainly traded - the visigoths were semi nomadic moving mostly for war -this made it hard to make currency

Scocio- political structures
-The Visigoths remained under the rule of a monarchy since they started - the royal family was very closely tied together - Catholisism took rule over the visigoths in the later years -eventually many were unwelcome if they had not been baptized - the visigoths treated all men equally amongst theyre ranks -the army was a place excpected for all men to go -the only differential segregation was against the jews Essay visigoth